Investigators said the group was part of neighborhood-based gang 34th Street Gangster Disciples, which they believe was connected to drugs supplied by the Sinaloa Cartel.
It's a scenario that's shocked even those who are veterans of animal rescues - two little kittens with legs bound in rubber bands apparently used as bait for pit bull fighting in California.
A Johnston County woman has been arrested on dog fighting and animal cruelty charges.
There's good news in the case of a rescued puppy that suffered a terrible case of animal cruelty.
