Current Episodes
Targeted
Google the phrase “horse shooting,” and incidents pop up from all around the world. In the United States, the crime is, unfortunately, not rare. In most cases, the perpetrator is rarely found.
Taking Shergar
In February 1983, armed gunmen burst into the home of James Fitzgerald, a stud groom on Ballymany Farm, County Kildare, Ireland, and forced him to hand over Ireland's most famous thoroughbred race horse.
Mama Knows
Five horses are lead from a barn to a fate that no one saw coming . . . or did they? Listen to find out what Mama Knows.
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Obsession, Cruelty, Schemes and Scandal. When it comes to animals, most law enforcement agencies have neither the manpower or the resources to investigate. While animal cruelty laws vary by state, not until 2019 was animal cruelty considered a federal crime, with the passage of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT).
Crimes Against Nature examines the motive and nature behind crimes involving animals. Its purpose is to point a spotlight on crimes involving animals, including insurance fraud, stolen animals, drug trafficking, targeted kills and how animal cruelty can serve as a gateway crime to even more horrific events.
