NEW YORK – Police officers from the NYPD’s Animal Cruelty Investigation Team made a shocking and disturbing discovery inside a Brooklyn home Thursday, where 20 dogs were found in a vile animal hoarding scene.
Before officers found the animals, they saw the first sign of how bad things could be inside: the unmistakable smell of dog urine. Once inside, they witnessed dirt and hundreds of flies in the area.
“There are approximately 20 dogs, from puppies to adults, urine on the floor, feces on the floor, there is a strong smell of ammonia. The place is not well cared for,” said Adrian Ashby, adding that there was no water or food. for the animals.
Some of the dogs were chained, one of them to a radiator and another to a dishwasher; others had cuts. They all lived on their own feces and urine, so their legs were discolored.
The malnutrition was so severe that some of the canines could not even walk on their own and were taken from the East Flatbush home. Members of the ASPCA brought out the canines one by one, some of whom may have never seen the world outside the apartment.
As the dogs were being taken away, community neighbors said they had long been concerned about the treatment of the animals at home.
“At the end of August, we got a call from the landlord asking for help, and when he gave us (the resident’s) name, we said we know exactly who this guy is and what we’re dealing with,” Ashby told our sister network NBC 4 New York. .
That’s because Ravon Service, who the police brought in handcuffed, has done something like this before. It had been herding animals in a house in Bay Ridge, moving to the East Flatbush apartment during the pandemic, and its then-owner was tipped off when dog urine began seeping from floors and walls.
A neighbor said the dogs could be heard barking at all hours of the night, and said it had been going on for about a year.
Service and another man who lived in the house were arrested, charged with animal cruelty, criminal conduct and endangering the welfare of a child, as the dog’s urine fell into an apartment where a child lived on the lower floor.
Dogs rescued by the ASPCA will be taken to a facility, evaluated, fed, and then put up for adoption.
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