KERRVILLE, Texas — A Kerrville animal rescue is asking for help after rescuing three injured dogs out of a “bad situation.” The three female dogs were rescued with numerous porcupine quills stuck in ...

Barbie and her two siblings were rescued after a run-in with a porcupine, said the Roice-Hurst Humane Society.

Luckily the porcupine is not a particularly deadly critter. The porcupine uses her well-known defense to inflict pain or discomfort, not bring death, to keep harassers at bay or scare ...