Crimes against animals (GRAPHIC IMAGES)
Some horrific cases of man's inhumanity to animals.
Chief Roy Gross of the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Animals says a German Shepard was found April 9, 2016 by police on Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst with its muzzle closed with duct tape.
Gross says the dog was unable to eat or drink.
He called the dog's abandonment on a busy road "heartbreaking."
An investigation is continuing with a $2,000 reward for information in the case.
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A dead horse was dumped in front of a Sylmar, California home April 9, 2016.
CBS Los Angeles reported the scene was so horrific police parked a car in front of it so children couldn't see it. The mare was tied by the tail to a telephone pole lying in a pool of blood. "It just appears from marks on the body of the horse and on the head of the horse, that the horse was either beat, or shot or both," LAPD Detective Eric Bixler said. Police believe the carcass may have been left as a message.The Animal Cruelty Task Force is investigating.
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A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person who taped a dog's mouth shut, chained him to a weight at the bottom of a creek in a south Texas.
CBS affiliate KHOU-TV reports that Randy Abke and his wife were driving in far northwest Waller County when they found the dog, who they named Rusty.
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In January 2016, police in Los Angeles, Calif., said they found this cat with its paws bound when they went to investigate a couple in a car on suspicion of selling narcotics.
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Police say a woman's ex-boyfriend set her dog on fire after an argument, pouring lighter fluid over the 7-month-old Chihuahua mix and injuring her in June of 2015.
James Quick, 23, was charged with injuring Dominique Clark's dog, Cocoa.
Sadly, Cocoa had to be put down because her injuries were so severe.
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Haden Smith, of Alabama, was arrested after authorities say he killed six of his mother's chickens in a bizarre threat after asking her to fix his relationship with his girlfriend.
Smith, 18, was arrested in June 2015 and charged with domestic violence third degree and criminal mischief.
Deputies say Smith threatened to kill one of his mother's chickens every 15 minutes until she contacted his girlfriend's parents and attempt to mend their relationship.
The sheriff's office says Smith gave his mother a noon deadline before he started killing the chickens. Deputies say he sent her pictures of each chicken he killed at 15 minute intervals, killing six before he was arrested.
He also threatened to burn his mother's house down, kill deputies and himself.
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In June 2015, Sadie, a German Shepard mix, was found with a neck wound so bad, her rescuer described her head as "almost coming off".
A shoe string had been tied so tightly around her neck she had nearly been decapitated. It was clear she had been neglected for a long time.
Sadie, 18 months, is expected to survive.
Police are still looking for those responsible.
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Christopher Scott, 28, said he had just cause for shooting his retriever with a bow and arrow because Gemma had attacked his other dog. According to Scott, Gemma killed his pug -- literally ripping his throat out.
Gemma survived the arrow wound and Scott faces four years in prison and up to $5,000 fine if convicted of animal cruelty.
He's due in court in July 2015 for a hearing to determine if the case goes to trial.
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In June of 2015, police began investigating poultry producer Foster Farms after an animal-rights group shot undercover video showing some chickens being slammed upside-down into metal shackles, punched and having their feathers pulled out while they were still alive.
Among the footage, workers are shown throwing bins of live chicks onto the ground, after which some are shown apparently unable to move.
Matt Rice, director of investigations for Mercy for Animals, said his group believes the footage is emblematic of operations at Foster Farms and that the company's management took no corrective actions after abuse was reported by an undercover employee.
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Adrienne Martin, 37, was accused of setting a terrier mix named Brownie on fire in July 2013. The dog's burns were so bad, he had to be euthanized.
Authorities say that after Martin was arrested, she told police the dog - who belonged to a relative of hers - had bitten her son the day before the incident.
The charges against Martin were dropped after there were credibility issues with a witness.
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"OP" lost the use of his back legs after his owner Ron Jackson allegedly shot him 12 times, choked him with an electrical cord and threw him in a dumpster in St. Louis, Missouri. A city employee discovered the abused dog in September and notified the Stray Rescue of St. Louis, which worked with the mayor's Animal Cruelty Task Force to identify a suspect and ultimately make an arrest on Nov. 19, 2012. OP reportedly remains in the care of the founder of Stray Rescue of St. Louis, and with the help of a donated, custom-built cart he can now walk.
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This Sept. 23, 2012, photo made available by the Audubon Nature Institute shows a bottlenose dolphin with a gunshot wound near the blowhole. The dead dolphin was found near Elmer's Island, Louisiana. Recently, dolphins have been washing up on shore with bullets wounds, jaws and tails missing, heartbreaking discoveries for scientists along the Gulf Coast.
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Prosecutors say a 22-year-old man clubbed a monkey to death with a tree branch, after he was bitten by the animal while trying to steal it from a Boise zoo. Michael J. Watkins entered Zoo Boise on Nov. 17, 2012, manipulated a lock to get into the primate enclosure and removed the patas monkey by wrapping it in his jacket, Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Fafa Alidjani told reporters after Watkins was arraigned in Boise's 4th District Court.
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The group Mercy For Animals posted the videotaped abuse of cows at Bettencourt Dairies in Idaho on Youtube in Oct. 2012, after an undercover investigation of what the group calls "sadistic animal torture." Three workers were charged with criminal animal cruelty and fired by the dairy owner, Louis Bettencourt, who said he was sickened by the video. The description of the video by MFA says the dairy workers were caught "viciously beating and shocking cows and violently twisting their tails in order to deliberately inflict pain." At one point the video shows a cow being dragged on the floor by a chain attached from her neck to a moving tractor.
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Ana Gutierrez, 52, was arrested on Nov. 24, 2012, for violating state law after she was captured in a photograph riding a manatee at a Florida park. Officials said Gutierrez contacted the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and admitted to riding the manatee at Fort De Soto Park in September. Gutierrez said she was new to the area and didn't know it was against the law to touch or harass manatees, which are an endangered animal under Florida state law.
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Northeastern Pennsylvania woman Holly Crawford was sentenced to six months of house arrest in 2010 for piercing kittens' ears with a 14-gauge needle and selling them as "gothic kittens" over the Internet. She was also forced to close her animal grooming business for more than two years.
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In June 2011, a wheelchair was stolen from a disabled dog named Lucky in West Roxbury, Mass. The dog's owner, Dave Feeney, told CBS affiliate WBZ-TV that someone took the device that helps his 12-year-old Belgian Shepherd get around. Lucky was reportedly left without the use of his hind legs after being hit by a car a few years ago. HandicappedPets.com donated a new adjustable chair to the dog.
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Sean Lynde, a graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats, pleaded guilty in the summer of 2010 to aggravated animal cruelty. Although initially charged with killing five of the woman's cats and torturing a sixth, Lynde acknowledged killing only a kitten called Bonafide, found with a broken neck in Jan. 2009. Thanks to a plea deal he did not receive jail time. Pictured: Two of the woman's slain cats, Bonifide and Emo.
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David Skeberdis is seen here checking a cage of birds he recently removed from his house in Aurora, Ill., after officials determined he was "hoarding" over 350 live birds, and more than 100 dead ones. He was cited for "companion animal hoarding," which is defined as someone who possesses a large number of pets but is unable to provide proper care for the animal. The rescued birds were given to a non-profit group. The charge against Skeberdis is a class B misdemeanor carrying a maximum jail term of six months along with probation, possible fines and counseling. He also may barred from owning an animal.
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Two University of California-Berkeley law school students were arrested in Oct. 2012 after police say they killed and decapitated an exotic bird that was part of a Las Vegas resort attraction. Eric Cuella, 24, and Justin Teixeira, 24, were arrested and jailed on charges of suspicion of conspiracy and willful malicious killing of wildlife. The two men were allegedly seen on Friday laughing and throwing the body of a helmeted guineafowl (like the one pictured above) at the Flamingo resort-casino. The animal was a part of the Flamingo's Wildlife Habitat, a garden area that is home to many types of birds. Surveillance video captured the men chasing the bird into some trees, authorities say. Witnesses told police that the two emerged carrying the body and severed bird head.
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In December 2012, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals offered a $1,000 reward for information in the killing of at least nine cats over the previous few weeks in Lawrence, Mass. The cats appeared to have been tortured to death, and veterinarians told CBS Boston that they believe the animals were swung by their tails and thrown onto a hard surface.
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"Rusty" seen in a photo as he was found the Abkes in April 2016. Randy Abke contacted the Waller County Sheriff's Office and the dog, who does not have a microchip, was taken to a veterinarian.