Simone the rescue pup is a therapy dog at University Middle School in Memphis and is named after Simone Biles Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images Animal rights groups have accused legendary Olympic athlete Simone Biles of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olympic legend Simone Biles is facing a wave of backlash after animal rights activists accused her and her husband, NFL player ...

Rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has criticized U.S. Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles over getting a puppy with cropped ears. The animal rights group shared a photo of ...

Artistic gymnast Simone Biles has been accused of supporting animal cruelty after she recently acquired a dog with surgically altered ears. The controversy started with an Instagram post featuring the ...

Walking around a middle school one normally doesn't see smiling faces or wagging tails. At University Middle School, an extension of the University of Memphis, the middle school students have ...

Simone Biles and husband Jonathan Owens are under fire from PETA after purchasing a dog whose ears were "cropped or chopped off." According to the organization, the "mutilation" procedure is purely ...

Olympic legend Simone Biles is facing a wave of backlash after animal rights activists accused her and her husband, NFL player Jonathan Owens, of allowing their new puppy to undergo a controversial ...