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Rogues or rescuers? Depends who you ask

Quick ReadCritics say the group shows up uninvited at places where abuse is suspected, and uses intimidation in dealing with people Rescue Ink members believe might be animal abusers.

Two volunteer from Rescue Ink carry a crate

Photo credit: Newsday/Ed Betz | Two volunteer from Rescue Ink carry a crate full of cats through a house in Moriches, N.Y., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.

Rescue Ink pulled a publicity stunt when its members crashed a Farmingville news conference about a horrific alleged case of animal cruelty, says Roy Gross, chief of Suffolk County's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

But another animal rescue group head says Rescue Ink is a bunch of tough guys with hearts of gold.

Conflicting opinions about Rescue Ink - back in the news...

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