I am doing a repot on some cases for school.so i dicided to pick animal abuse. When I came on to spikes cases i was discusted with what i have herd. how dare someone pic on a helpless animal. he was just 11 mounths. Altho i have not seen the wideo. i am sad to see what awful this this insain woman has done. I do plain to look at it when I can. I am just 15 and i know it is wrong. i hope that spike is ok. it brought me to the verge of tears. I hope he has a nice home to live in now.

When I received my ASPCA Action Summer 2010 newsletter, I was disgusted and apalled by the actions of Maria Aguilar. Individuals who abuse animals are cowards. What is even more shocking are the number of people who witnessed Spike's abuse for months, but never did anything. Whether it be the neighbors or Spike's vet. Considering the injuries sustained by Spike in the months leading up to his rescue and his prior medical records showing repeaded abuse, why did Spike's vet not report it earlier to the ASPCA HLE? What is Spike's vet's punishment/level of responsibility in this matter? His vet neglected to do their job. I adopted/rescued my first shelter dog, Sweets, 9 years ago. She was severly abused/malnourished and still to this day suffers both physically and psychologically as a result of that abuse. She is now 13. I adopted/rescued my 2nd shelter dog, Pepe', 2 months after Sweets. He was severly neglected and suffered from numerous health issues until he passed-away in June of 2010 at the age of 15. My father had adopted/rescued his dog, Tenzing, from a shelter in 2007. After my father passed-away in March of 2010, I did not hesitate to open my home to Tenzing. I flew back east in June of 2010 to pick-up the newest addition to my family. My sister and I would have done whatever it took to avoid placing Tenzing in a shelter. Tenzing is 14 and still suffers from the severe abuse he endured before my father adopted him. The abuse that Sweets and Pepe had suffered before I adopted them has effected my life tremendously. The abuser not only effects the lives of the animals, but the lives of the people who try to pick-up the pieces and care for the animals after the abuse. I donate as much as I can to help the ASPCA and my local shelters - but it will never be enough. Why people continue adopting/purchasing animals if they do not have the financial means or the the genuine ability to provide for an animal is a mystery to me. If I witness a person abusing an animal, I do not hesitate to step-in and/or report it to law enforcement. As a strong supporter of the ASPCA, the ASPCA HLE, and my local shelters, I have always firmly believed that animal abuse should be a felony. In a case such as Ms. Aguilar's, I pray she receives the maximum. She is a pathetic human being and a coward. If her family/husband witnessed the abuse, they are liable as well. Animal abuse cases must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We are their voice.

i will definately pray for your dog. my cousins dog recently passed with a heat stroke and it has been a tragety. so i know how yopu must feel. please let me now how much you might want to sell the dog for and i will get back to you shortly.

I hope Spike is doing well and he will have a happy life from now on. I own a bulldog and he is the sweetest, most loveable dog in the world. I could not bring myself to watch the video of what was done to Spike. I think about and pray for Spike everyday. I could burst into tears at any moment when I think about this poor pup. I truly belive in karma, what goes around comes around and that nasty, worthless woman will get what she deserves. She better hope she never runs into me one day. Same goes for her husband and that awful vet. I hope they are both being investigated and punished by the maximun allowed by law. Thank you ASPCA for all of your hard work. I could never do your job and I applaud you for dealing with all of these horrific cases.

Thank you for the update. Good luck to Spike and his new mom. He deserves a good home as do all doggies. So happy he is doing better.

I am guessing sweet Spike reached his 1st birthday while being cared for by you guys??? I hope he is doing well & if so, was able to celebrate since it is much deserved!!

Would like to see an update posted on Spike's condition. Hope he is doing well. He is so cute. He could not possibly be given back to his owner.

Animal cruelty on this scale would TO ME be grounds to have this woman do a mandatory Psych sentence. Anyone who could do what she did without any sense of responsibility is a HUGE red flag for Psychosis. She's not safe for people or animals alike. I say get her treated..then throw away the key.

Hey ASPCA, I think you owe it to your supporters including myself to post an update on the status of Spike. ASAP!

good luck spike :~)

Can anyone keep us updated on what is going to happen to Spike? Please don't tell me he is going back to his owners. This whole story breaks my heart. I would love to adopt him. Can anyone gives us information if we want to adopt him? I live in Indiana and I would drive out to New York to get him.

i really want spike to pull through and pray he will think we all need to take action in these animals lives!

He even looks sad. :( I pledge to stop animal cruelty! Stop Greyhound racing!

Hi how is my boy doing??? When i hear overboard from Justin Bieber i think it you Spike!! ASPCA i think spike shoudln't not go back to his owner!!! But get well soon spike

I hope Spike is doing well. What a beautiful little dog. How could anyone be so cruel to him. What can stop her from getting another puppy to abuse? Why was that puppy at the Vets office fourteen times? Why wasn't the abuse of this beautiful little dog reported? I hope Spike finds a wonderful home. If he is available, I would like to know--I would love to adopt him. Please post an update on Spike's health. Thank you for taking such wonderful care of Spike.

It just shocks me the cruelity people possess within them selves.I have rescued three dogs in the last eight years and I would not take anything for them.They bring me such joy and love.That woman deserves more than just jail time.She is a disgrace to the human race.It is a good thing I was not her neighbor.

I think its a terrible thing that those evil pet-backstabbers did to the little bulldog puppy Spike.(look at picture above) Those people are just heartless, crule people and I doubt they even care about the animals that they are keeping prisoner in tose tiny not even bigenough for a hampster cages! I hope Spike finds a forever home so he can lay infront of a fire and not have to worry about anything ever again.

only a person who has no heart in life can do this to a beautiful loving animal. victims of abuse like Spike should not be tolerated. lets put these scumbags in jail and let them rot

I cant even watch the video but I certainly hope this woman gets what she deserves. I cant imagine hurting an animal and I think any human being that does deserves serious punishment.

awww i hope Spike is ok. he is so cute! y do they do animals so wrong becuz i love animals and i will take spike home with me n he will have a happy home with me. he will be a spoiled dog if i had spike. HE IS SOOOO CUTE! GET WELL PUPPY!

They tell me Spike has been adopted.....Rejoice!

it is a terrible thing that heartless people can just do that to a living animal. i believe that all people that feel like that are stupid, heartless,and uncaring and if you think like that you should just keep it to your self and not announce it to the world to see. and while you soak up all the so called glory the police are definitely looking for you to put you in jail. would you like to be treated like that(look at the animals in the cruelty blogs).TREAT ANIMALS LIKE YOU WANT TO BE TREATED!!!!!!!

How is Spike doing? I won't forget this beautiful bulldog. Please let us know. Everyone adopt from shelters and rescues Do Not Buy from Pet Shops!

Don't buy puppies or kittens. Its animals like this that need a good and loving home. Adopt....PLEASE.

I hope Spike is doing well. I'd love to have an update :)

Does anyone know how Spike is doing? I can't find any recent updates on his condition????

All animals do not deserve to be beaten like the bulldog in the video. We love animals and we DO NOT HIT THE ANIMALS AT ALL. People can go to jail for doing that to the animals.

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I live in So Calif and would love to adopt Spike. I have a 5 year old Bully and she would love to have a little brother.The two of them look alike. That monster who did this to that pup should be treated the same way, see how she likes it. That monster should be put away including the husband and all the vets who didn't report this earlier. Spike deserves to have a happy life......he looks so sad now.

i think its wrong how people can treat there animals like they do its so wrong i wish i could adopt all the animals and get a big house and a big yeard so the animals that are out side pets can be out side and can play and the big house so the inside animals can have fun and play to and have there own rooms to go to!!!!!!!

I still think of Spike everyday and wish I could visit him and adopt him. I have a bulldog and they are the sweetest. It broke my heart what was done to him.

After viewing the video where Maria Aguilar is brutalizing the baby pup, it is quite apparent that Maria Aguilar committed several disturbing crimes that are supported by evidence, witnesses, medical records and the defendant's confession Furthermore, I would like to address a very important factor: Victor Estudillo, witnessed a series of criminal acts being performed to the baby pup for a period of 11 months. This is supported by the fact that the baby pup was brought to the vetirnarian 14 times. Therefore, you have 14 counts of animal abuse. The fact that there is a media coverage stipulating that the pup experienced months of abuse clearly indicates that Maria Aguilar engage in a course of criminal behavior for an extended period of time, specifically 11 months based on the facts presented. In addition, Maria Aguilar, according to the news, initially lied to the ASPCA police and denied the criminal acts and then admitted to the criminal acts, once she was presented with the video that shows Maria Aguilar beating the baby pup. Lying to the ASPCA Police and hindering prosecution are two additional charges that should be added to the two felonies Maria Aguilar committed. Victor Estudillo is in, the face of the public, an accessory to these criminal acts performed over a period time by Maria Estudillo because he witnessed the acts and did nothing to report the abuse. Victor Estudillo should be indicted as an accessory. I honestly feel as do many supporters, that the only way to prevent and stop animal cruelty is by fully prosecuting these individuals in an effort to stop the criminal offenses that are being committed. When individuals such as Maria Aguilar commit crimes the only way they can comprehend the severity of their crimes is by serving a jail sentence that will allow her and her husband to think about what they they did to place themselves in that cell. Maria Aguilar is charged with two felonies, each punishable with two years in prison for a total of four years. In actuality, it is really fourteen felony accounts because of each time the pup was taken to the vet to attend to the wounds inflicted by Maria Aguilar. Maria Aguilar engaged in a course of criminal behavior for over 11 months which is about 300 days where Maria Aguilar brutalized a baby pup. I send Spike all the love in the world because Spike is a champion

I just want little Spike to have a better life ahead and to go to a loving home; I know he will need special care. It makes me sick that people like that exist in our world and God forgive me but I pray her punishment will be great and that she too will suffer terrible pain. I am so grateful to the ASPCA for stepping in quickly to end this beautiful creature's suffering.

Unbelievable. After watching the video, it was just broken my heart. It is so unfair for this lovable, sweet bulldog to be abused--with a shovel! Animal cruelty is never a joke, because it's not the animal's fault. That woman should receive a dose of her own medicine.

so sad

It absolutely breaks my heart to see these poor animals, like Spike, get abused for no reason whatsoever. How could someone abuse a living creature that's so small and defenseless? Before my dog died, my parents had gotten a beagle bassethound, Bailey, and she was badly abused, too. She was not expected to live, but she lived a good 9 years with me and my family! I cried reading about what happened to Spike. He looks like a big furry ball of joy and love:)Animals don't deserve to live a life like this. I hope, pray and wish Spike makes it through his recovery:) He is an angel:)

awwww!!! he so cute!! when he for adoptable i'm going to mom can we get him!! I NEED A BULLDOG NOW!!!!

Poor Spike! We have a 1 1/2 year old bulldog, Charlie, who we love beyond words. We would adopt Spike as well. I know many people out there want him. I hope that woman gets what she deserves...Karma!!!!!!!!!!!

i believe that animal abuse should be a felony or something! its cruel and wrong doing! who wants to do something so horrible to an innocent animal! i ask all you animal abusers and former ones to ask your self why did you do that? why hurt something that didn't do anything to you in the first place?

poor little spike its sad to see animals get abused .

how can you be so mean to a dog

I know it's a long-shot, because so many have shown interest, but I too would love to adopt Spike. If that's not possible, I'd also jump at the chance to foster him, or even just have one chance to meet him and shower him with gentle hugs and kisses. He is such a sweet-looking dog, and I hope that he only knows love, compassion, patience, warmth, happiness, and comfort for the rest of his life. xoxo to you Spike

Hw could any one abuse a beautiful animal like spike its so sad thinking that nobody didn't care about spike thanks to the Humane law enforcement they saved his life.

..............really bad

I live on the West Coast so it's not possible for me, but I really, truly hope that a good person with a kind heart adopts him and gives him all of the love that he deserves. The picture of him absolutely breaks my heart. I will pray that he gets adopted and gets to experience what all pets are supposed to experience: unconditional love. Kudos to all of you who have said want to adopt him.

I love you Spike!!!!!!!!!!! I am sending my bulldog angel maxi to give you a kiss. You guys could have been twins. Thank you ASPCA for all you do. May there be justice in this case. I cried all last week when I thought about it. This cruel family should be shamed by all decent people. I hope a courageous judge gives this horrible woman and all others responsible for Spike's suffering the maximum penalty!!!!!!!!!!

Please Spike hope you are doing good. Someone should take a shovel to this pathetic person. I despise people who abuse animals!!!!! Thank you ASPCA for being good to SPIKE!!!

I continue to think about Spike everyday! I would really like a shot at adopting this little guy... as I have two spoiled bullies at home that would love a new brother!!

I can not get spike out of my mind after seeing the news last week my heart was torn apart. That women and her family should be fully investigated and serve the maximum time (which isn't enough) anyone who abuses animals or children are sick individuals who cannot be rehabilitated or trusted. My husband and I have a beautiful 18 month english bulldog who is a part of our family, we would love to give Spike the loving home he so well deserves as do all animals. Please post details on how to go about adopting him.

Those few seconds of hearing that dog cry, made me cry. I think whatever she did to him should happen to her. And what about the vet that checked him out all those times that he was taken there for care. Why wasn't anything reported?

My husband said he would be willing to adopt Spike which would include flying to NY to bring him home. What a darling dog and I hope his next family gives him all the love and TLC he deserves. Please prosecute this woman to the fullest extent of the law and please can an animal abuse registry be started (just like the sex offender registry). How do we go about getting local and a national list started?

I have a 1 and half year old bulldog and it hurt to know someone can do such a thing .. I also want to know information about adopting spike!! I live in new york and have a bulldog who gets along great with dogs and kids... When will the information be available for adopting spike?

DEPORT.

In California there is a proposed registry of animal abusers. This long-overdue practice could and should be implemented on state and federal levels. Further, an arrest for this crime should mean immediate deportation for the human monsters who take refuge in this country only to perpetrate cruelty on creatures weaker than themselves. Far less serious crimes are deportable. Both these ideas, a national registry, and immediate deportation for animal abusers who have come here under immigration laws, give us all something to ask our candidates about before voting! I love my dog and I vote!!!

I would love to adopt Spike. He would have the best life ever :) I hope he makes a full recovery and will be eligible for adoption xxoo!

Why would this woman do such a thing to spike maybe because he's at her mercy and it makes her feel impowered. If this was going on why didn't the neighbors do something to help spike? I hope he finds a loving family to love him like he's never been loved before.She should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The punishment for the abuse and neglect of a animals should be alot harsher,because maybe people would think twice before hurting or neglecting a animal. I had to put my dog down in July because he had a very enlarged pancareas and was suffering. He couldn't eat, drink,or walk. He was in alot of pain. I didn't have a choice, and although it was one of the toughest things I had to do, I did it because I loved him. I miss Timmy every minute of every day! Please don't let this woman get away with this,because after all it was caught on tape.

my heart aches to hear this kind of stuff. I can't stop wondering how someone with a brain would do such a thing! This woman is dangerous and cold blooded! no heart! how is it possible that she was a pet owner? this world is mess up! I am grateful that some people have the courage to fight for animal rights! it is just the logical and right thing to do! what would animals do without institutions like the ASPCA. keep up the good work guys! and please for everyone out there help out there are many animals in need!We need to speak up for them!

I really hope this woman gets the max time. Poor spike no animal should have to go through that torture ever. If i could i would save ever animal out there going through cruelty like that.

Yes! INVESTIGATE THE REST OF THE FAMILY!!...AND DON'T EVER LET THEM HAVE ANOTHER PET IN THEIR HOME! There should be a "list" just like the "list" of child abusers. Let's create one.

i hope spike is going to be OK, please keep us posted on his progress. i hope whomever eventualy adopts him makes him the most spoiled rotten bulldog in history! he deserves it, and she deserves a special place in whatever prison she calls home for the next 4 yrs.

I would like to adopt Spike. I left several messages. Please put info on your web site.

Thanks for taking care of Spike. Please keep us updated. I hope she gets the max sentence. We obviously need to teach her children a message also. These are sick people.

My bulldog, Rocky, is the sweetest creature I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and loving. I would take Spike in a heartbeat and show him what a loving, patient, home is supposed to be. Thank you for taking care of him. Looking forward to the update.

I really hope that this woman is put away for the entire 4 years, which is what I believe is the max time in Jail? If I can donate directly towards lawyer fees to help put her away, please let me know how. Donating money to lawyer fees is much more safe than what I would really like to do back to this woman. I own 2 bulldogs and they are the sweetest dogs on the planet. They are like my children. This woman does not belong in society for what she has done. She is not right in the head. She needs to be put away for a long time.

I would also (Im sure theres no shortage of goodhearted citizens willing) adopt Spike. I have another special needs bulldog who recently lost her roommate and is a little lonely.

Please be proactive and investigate the father & son also. The son said "its only a dog". I hope he was not abusing the dog along with his mother. I am posting this on the Blind Dog Alliance FB page, so that people can know about Spike.

Thanks to the person who bravely reported the incident to authorities! Read how to report animal abuse on the ASPCA website... http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/reporting-cruelty-faq.html

I'm looking forward to any update you can provide on Spike! I pray this woman is prosecuted to the fullest extent! And please make sure Spike finds a home full of the love he so deserves...God bless him for enduring this abuse until his angel was able to save him...that's what I feel the person who taped this violence is because without proof she could have continued getting away with this!

I've been thinking about Spike ever since I saw the news report about him on Sunday night. I've always been a cat person, but I was ready to adopt him on the spot. Heartbreaking. Please keep us updated on Spike and the court case.

we should try harder to stop animal abuse in america animals realy do have fellings so we should treat them fairly

I pray for Spike and hope that he lives a life filled with love and kindness. Thank you for taking care of him.

How can I adopt spike after theses fantastic people at the ASPCA fix him up?

I read this story in the Daily news and began to cry. I can't believe that people would hurt a dog like this. I hope he finds a forever loving home. The son told the news, "it's only a dog". My dogs are my babies, my bestfriends.

please continue to update us on this case. thanks for all the hard work. these people are despicable and deserve to be charged to the full extent of the law. thank you aspca