A horrifying act of animal cruelty shocked New York City when a man was caught on camera duct-taping his dog's mouth and eyes shut in a public park. Witnesses alerted authorities, who later found multiple dogs crammed into filthy crates inside a van, surrounded by feces and urine-filled water bowls. The dogs were seized, and the man was charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty.
Sign now to demand that these dogs are never returned to the person who abused them.
Now, a Queens judge is set to decide the legal fate of the remaining dogs still in protective care. One dog has already been euthanized due to trauma-related aggression. Another was surrendered and adopted out. The remaining dogs are safe for now, but there has been widespread fear that they could be returned to the very person who tormented them.
That can never happen.
Court documents describe dogs suffering from painful skin conditions, living in cramped crates filled with waste, deprived of clean water, and subjected to public acts of cruelty that left them terrified and helpless. This was not a momentary lapse in judgment, it was sustained, deliberate abuse.
We are calling on the Queens Criminal Court to permanently remove these dogs from their abuser and ensure they are placed in safe, loving homes where they can heal.
