New initiatives aim to turn rescues into cherished pets

Adoption is Chesco SPCA’s goal; until then, add Mozart and spritz of vanilla By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Michele Amendola (left), kennel coordinator at the Chester County SPCA, and Carin Ford, a board member, show off a Doberman pinscher puppy that they hope will be a short-time guest at the facility. The Doberman pinscher puppies yelped gleefully when a visitor opened the...

West Goshen man accused of stabbing 2 bulldogs

Defendant told police he ‘had to do it’ after animals bit him, his brother Gregory T. McMahon, 32, of West Goshen Township, faces animal cruelty charges. Less than two weeks after police responded to a West Goshen Township home for a report of an injured person, a 32-year-old resident has been arrested for animal cruelty. Gregory T. McMahon was charged in connection with an incident on...