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Groups clash over Selden animal cruelty case

Quick ReadSharon McDonough was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty on Saturday after five neglected dogs and a cat were recovered from her home.

Lisa Donay, a worker at Pet Supplies/Grooming in

Photo credit: James Carbone | Lisa Donay, a worker at Pet Supplies/Grooming in Farmingville, holds a cocker spaniel that was rescued from a Selden woman's home. (Nov. 8, 2009)

The case of Sharon McDonough, charged with animal cruelty, took a bizarre turn Monday when members of animal welfare group Rescue Ink interrupted a Suffolk SPCA news conference to accuse the SPCA of mishandling the case.

McDonough, 43, of Selden, was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty on Saturday after five neglected dogs and a cat were recovered from her home. Twenty other dead animals,...

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