How Jane lost her Angel
When Jane Guardascione, a 94-year-old Queens grandmother, lost her pet collie and constant companion, Angel, her granddaughter got on the phone, placing several calls to Animal Control and Care to see...
View ArticleNew Yorkers offer home to abused dog, Spike
Dozens of New Yorkers have offered a new home to Spike, an 11-month-old English bulldog whose beating with a shovel was captured on a camera phone. Spike was recovering Friday at the Bergh Memorial...
View ArticleNY woman says police beat her over dog poop
A New York woman claims two Queens police officers roughed her up during a dispute over whether she failed to pick up her dog’s waste. Anna Stanczyk, 49, insisted her terrier, Psotka (“prankster” in...
View ArticleASPCA: Chihuahua dies after beating
The ASPCA has made its first felony arrest of the year — a 265-pound Queens man accused of punching his 8-pound Chihuahua, the New York Post reported. ASPCA officials say Jerry Melendez, 33, struck his...
View ArticleWriter charged with fatally punching poodle
A one-time writer for the television series “NYPD Blue” was arrested Saturday in Queens on charges of punching his 4-1/2-pound poodle in the face so hard that she died. The New York Post described Ted...
View ArticleNew home for dog abused on elevator
A pit bull mix who was kicked and slapped by her owner on an apartment house elevator — that’s the surveillance video above — has been adopted by a young New York couple. Richard Palacios, a...
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