CEO Beats His Dog On Video, Charges Dropped

Daniel Padilla, the CEO of a luxury New York charter-jet company was recorded as he viciously beats his dog, an 8-month-old St. Bernard puppy. Despite the video evidence and a confession from Padilla, the charges were inexplicably dropped by the prosecutors. Padilla, 38, reportedly began beating his dog in the elevator of his penthouse high-rise […]

Animal Rescue In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Sandy

It has been a tough week here on the East Coast. Hurricane Sandy hit us hard and it’s going to be a while before we get back to normal. And I say this as someone that had no flooding and didn’t lose power. Many others in New York and New Jersey have lost their houses and their vehicles and my heart goes out to them. But I have no doubt we will be back as strong as ever. New Jersey and New York will represent soon enough!

Gorham, New York Gives Puppy Mill Okay To Open Breeding Facility

Site Of Proposed Puppy Mill

If you would like to see this stopped, voice your opinion to the Gorham Town Planning Board here. Please be firm in your opposition, but nice. Meanness will trivialize us and make them go ahead with it. You can also sign this petition here. — Kenn GORHAM, NEW YORK — Dog breeders who recently received […]

Projects By Artist Who Shot Dog Is Being Put On Hold In California

Tom Otterness

A Brooklyn, New York artist who has sparked outrage for killing a dog for a film, recently received two other commissions from San Francisco, California in addition to the $750,000 Central Subway contract he was awarded in June. But all his projects are about to be put on hold. In 2010, Tom Otterness won a […]

New York Juice Head Kills Dog By Throwing Him Out Window

A hotheaded Queens, New York bodybuilder killed his dog by tossing it out of a third-floor window – then played dumb, telling cops he was asleep the whole time. Milan Rysa, 30, hurled Brooklyn, a Chinese Shar-Pei weighing about 50 pounds, out of his apartment window in Astoria, Queens as he played thumping dance music about […]

New York City Dog Abandoned By Owner, Dies Of Starvation

Cherika Alvarez

A careless Bronx, New York woman was convicted of animal cruelty for leaving her dog to starve to death. Cherika Alvarez, 30, abandoned her brown 1-year-old Pit Bull Alizé when she was evicted from her Bronx, New York basement apartment in mid-November 2009. The malnourished dog ate nothing but razor blades, splintered plastic, wood chips, […]

Globetrotting Post Office Dog Gets His Own Stamp

Dog Postage Stamp

If ever a dog was a real-life Rover, it was Owney. In the 1890s, this magical mutt turned into a national legend by traveling across the United States by rail and then globe-trotting to Mexico, Canada, Europe and Asia. Owney became the U.S. Postal Service’s mascot and magical good luck charm. Now his adorably scruffy […]

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