Putnam SPCA Officers charge a Carmel Resident with Confinement of a dog in a car in extreme temperature.

Putnam Courier Story
Mahopac News Story

Putnam SPCA Officers assist the Putnam County Sheriff Department with a suicide of a Putnam Lake resident who lived in a home with 77 snakes (55 of them venomous).

Daily Freeman Story
Putnam County News and Recorder Story
Empire State News Story

Putnam SPCA Officers arrest a Mahopac woman for animal cruelty after an investigation into a pit bull found with an embedded collar.

Putnam County Courier Story
My Fox NY Story
Examiner Story
Pet Abuse Website Link

Putnam SPCA Officers investigate a case of a deceased dog found dumped behind the Applebee's Restaurant in Southeast/Brewster.

Southeast Patch Story
Putnam County Courier Story

Putnam SPCA Officers investigate a case of two (2) deceased dogs found dumped on the side of a residential road in the Town of Kent.

Putnam County Courier Story

Putnam SPCA Officers investigate a case of an emaciated, dehydrated, neglected female pit bull found in Mahopac Falls.

Mahopac News Story

Putnam SPCA Officers arrest a Mahopac woman for animal cruelty and Child Endangerment after finding a child and upwards of 20 animals living in filth at Mahopac home.

Southeast Brewster Patch Story
Putnam County Courier Story

Putnam SPCA officers investigate a case of severe neglect and abandonment of a dog found in the Town of Kent.

Putnam Courier Story

 

Stories from the past several years that were handled in Putnam County by present day Putnam County SPCA Officers:
 

Lake Carmel woman arrested on 24 counts of animal cruelty.

Pet Abuse Website Link
News 12 Story
ABC Local Story 1
ABC Local Story 2

Mahopac man arrested and charged with animal cruelty after abandoning his pet African Serval cat for weeks without food or proper sustenance.

ABC Local Story
Pet Abuse Website Link
Big Cat Rescue Story
Zoo Too Story

Just a small sampling of stories from the past several years that present day Putnam County SPCA Officers handled or were involved in:

 

Dog Fighting arrest in the City of Yonkers (Alida Street)

ABC Local Story
City of Yonkers Website - Press Conference Coverage
Pet Abuse Website Link
Daily News Story

Town of Greenburgh cruelty arrest. (Indian Trail)

ABC Local Story
Pet Abuse Website Link

Two Pit Bulls (one dead) thrown in a dumpster in the City of Yonkers. (Yonkers Avenue)

Daily News Story
ABC Local Story
Pet Abuse Website Link

Four Pit Bulls seized from a location in the City of Yonkers, possible fighting location. (Maple Avenue)

ABC Local Story

Village of Dobbs Ferry resident arrested on several animal cruelty charges for hoarding numerous dogs in cruel conditions. (Main Street)

ABC Local Story

Bait dog found bloodied and abandoned in the middle of a street in the City of Mount Vernon. (Anderson Avenue)

Pet Abuse Website Link
Pit Bull Rescue Website Story

Two fighting and breeding pit bulls found abandoned and emaciated at a condemned building which was being used as a dog fighting/training location in the City of Yonkers. (Saint Joseph's Place)

Pet Abuse Website Link

City of Mount Vernon resident and gang member arrested on several counts of animal cruelty. (South 13th Avenue)

New York Times Story
ABC Local Story
Sierra Club Article
ABC Local Story 2
Pet Abuse Website Link

Town of Pound Ridge resident found with over 100 animals, most injured and rehabilitating wildlife.

New York Times Story
ABC Local Story

City of Yonkers resident and gang member arrested after he killed his mother's cat by throwing it out of the 14th floor window of his building. (Ashburton Avenue) After serving 6 months in county jail for the animal cruelty charge he went on to kill a former friend in a gang shooting within weeks of his release.

Pet Abuse Website Link
NBC Local Story
ABC Local Story
Lohud Story about the murder of friend
NY Post Story about the murder of friend

New York City resident arrested in the Town of Yorktown while at FDR Park's pool for leaving his dog in his van in 95 degree heat. The van's interior temperature reached 140 degrees and the dog expired. (FDR Park)

Pet Abuse Website Link
Rye Patch Story
NBC Local Story
NY Daily News Story

City of Yonkers resident arrested for slashing the face of his employer's German Shepherd dog with a knife. (Nepperhan Avenue)

Pet Abuse Website Link
Lohud Court Blog
Westchester News Online Story 1
Westchester News Online Story 2
Westchester News Online Story 3

Town of Yorktown resident arrested for snapping the neck and killing his girlfriend's family dog.

Pet Abuse Website Link
Westchester News Online Story
Huffington Post Story

Decapitated sheep found in a wooded area of Ward Acres in the City of New Rochelle. (Ward Acres)

My Fox NY Story
New Rochelle Talk Story

Decapitated goat and decapitated chickens found in the City of New Rochelle. (Glenwood Lake Park)

New Rochelle Talk Story

Numerous Canada geese run over intentionally by a driver in the Town of Cortlandt. (Allan Street)

ABC Local Story
Humane Society of The United States Story

Four kittens placed inside a draw and set on fire in the City of Mount Vernon. (Amsterdamn Place)

ABC Local Story
My Fox NY Story

Cat shot with a bow and arrow and sustained sever physical injury in the Town of Yorktown. (Mohegan Lake)

Yorktown Lohud Community Blog

Cat shot with a high powered BB gun and sustained sever physical injury in the Village of Ardsley. (Western Drive)

ABC Local Story
Lohud Pet Blogs

Present Day Putnam County SPCA Chief and Detective appearing on the Companion Animal Network Television Show, based out of Queens, NY

Link To The Video