ASPCA in the News: Dog Saved as Owner is Busted
New York Post
By LARRY CELONA and HEIDI SINGER
December 10, 2006 -- A Queens woman was busted for animal cruelty yesterday, after horrified city officials found her emaciated dog tied to a doorknob - and suffering for the past month from a slit throat.
Marisol Zayas, 26, of 27th Avenue in Long Island City, faces up to a year in jail for leaving her 2-year-old husky, Trinity, to suffer without medical care after investigators found a 10-inch slit in the dog's throat, said ASPCA Special Agent Joseph Pentangelo.
"You could see the dog's windpipe," he said of the wound , which took 25 stitches to close.
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By LARRY CELONA and HEIDI SINGER
December 10, 2006 -- A Queens woman was busted for animal cruelty yesterday, after horrified city officials found her emaciated dog tied to a doorknob - and suffering for the past month from a slit throat.
Marisol Zayas, 26, of 27th Avenue in Long Island City, faces up to a year in jail for leaving her 2-year-old husky, Trinity, to suffer without medical care after investigators found a 10-inch slit in the dog's throat, said ASPCA Special Agent Joseph Pentangelo.
"You could see the dog's windpipe," he said of the wound , which took 25 stitches to close.
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4 Comments:
We contribute to animal cruelty by our food choices. About 20 years ago, I read an article in the St. Petersburg Times reporting that some local Haitians were eating cats. I thought, at that time, that this must something in their culture. In Asia, for example, eating cats and dogs is commonplace. This inspired me to consider our culture and the animals we eat. As a result, I stopped eating all forms of meat i.e., chicken, fish, beef, pork, lamb, excetera.
While our tradition seems to come from the idea that man has dominion over animals and therefore eating meat is "natural," nothing in this idea supports either eating meat or the cruelty associated with its production. And production it is. With animals confined to cages, one on top of the other, with stalls too small for them to move, with slaughter practiced on production lines and the enormous pollution associated with meat production, I find it difficult to understand why anyone who professes to love animals, or the earth for that matter, would continue to eat meat.
If you have the opportunity to become acquainted with farm animals, you will learn that, apart from their appearances, they are not significantly different in terms of affection, intelligence and lovability from the animals we traditionally consider pets.
Many people are concerned with issues like global warming, famine, and pollution. There is an intricate relationship between these issues and the production of meat. Deciding on a plant-based diet is a socially and environmentally responsible move, as well as displaying a deep consideration for animals. More information about a plant-based diet and the impact it has on many issues can be found on the following websites:
TryVeg.org
FactoryFarming.org
nrdc.org/water/pollution/ffarms.asp
ChristianVeg.org
JewishVeg.com
PCRM.org
I encourage people to take their disgust with animal cruelty further, and their love of animals higher, by cutting down and eventually eliminating animal products from their diets.
Thank you Christina,
When I take my sweet adorable bunnies out for a walk around town (they are welcome in 3 retail outlets on our small town, downtown street) someone always comments or makes a "joke" about them being "delicious" "food", ect. It is not funny! One guy, just today made the comment that he grew up on a farm. I don't tell people with children that I would like to boil them! I don't feel anyone has the right to talk that way about my bunnies, especially in front of them.
BTW. I became a vegetarian at age 10, partly because of Charolette's web.
I was so happy to read your comments because I can -eventually- see that people care about animals ! I am trying to stop eating meat as much as I can but as I am only 14, my parents sometimes force me to eat some (which upsets me a lot because I find it disgusting anyway) ! But I am really thinking about becoming vegetarian because I love animals and I just don't want to eat them !
As I read this my heart seemed to fall and breck!
I looked at my dog and couldn't understand why someone would hurt an animal!
My dog is my bestfriend and would never want to hurt it...
Its terrible really...
I had a friend who was beat by his parents and because for that was very depressed and did bad things. He was 14 and he smoked pot and drank beer. And becasue of that he was druck and really out of t and high. And he was rude and mean. And he never hurt me but his dog was his scapegoat. He beat his dog whenever he felt sad bad or angery. It was bad. But i helped him threw it all and he stopped smoking and drinking and he became nicer. His parents followed and stopped beating him and they became a real family. He stopped iting his dog to. I was there when it all ended. He pet his dog hugged him and said he was sorry and cried. The dog was happy and licked him and wagged his tail.
That made me real think: if my friend could change why can't other people? He was eman to his dog and that dog forgave him like that. If other people could realize that and change then the ASPCA wouldn't need to arest people for crulty! I want u all to remember my story and think about the meaning!
We can make a difference for animals and people all around the world. We just need a push in the right direction.
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