Red panda, monkeys, iguanas among 87 animals found packed in travelers’ luggage at Bangkok airport

Six people were arrested at the Bangkok International Airport after allegedly trying to smuggle 87 animals out of Thailand in their luggage. Five men and one woman, all from India, were smuggling a small zoo, according to the Thai Customs Department. In their luggage, they had one red panda, 29 lizards, 21 snakes, 15 birds, … Read more

SAPD patrol car, SAFD fire truck collide while responding to wreck on North Side, police say

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio police officer and some San Antonio firefighters were lucky to avoid serious injury following a vehicle crash that involved a fire truck and a patrol car early Friday morning. The crash happened around 4:30 a.m. near the intersection of West Sunset Road and Errol Street, not far from Highway … Read more

Council member files request to develop income-based pet deposit assistance program for San Antonio renters

SAN ANTONIO – Vanessa Acosta said she sees overpopulation as one of the main reasons San Antonio has an animal problem. “We all feel overwhelmed,” Acosta said. “San Antonio is too overpopulated in our shelters. It’s too overpopulated on the streets. It’s too overpopulated in our homes.” Acosta is a resident of Dignowity Hill and … Read more

Robb Elementary victims’ families, Uvalde city council members denounce independent report into deadly school shooting

UVALDE, Texas – Survivors and victims’ families of the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde are reeling from the Thursday release of an investigative report on the city’s police department actions during the shooting. The independent report, completed by Austin-area investigator Jesse Prado, was announced in July 2022, but the nearly two-year-long investigation found all officers … Read more