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2 pups left to die, SPCA says

The male puppy on top, one of two

Photo credit: Suffolk County SPCA | The male puppy on top, one of two malnourished pit pull puppies dumped in Riverhead Dec. 18, has died after a severe case of mange, said the Suffolk County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Two puppies with mange, one so severe that its skin was peeling off, were dumped in a deep window well at Riverhead Animal Hospital, a case that carries a $2,000 reward from the Suffolk County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The pit bull puppies were "near death" when they were dumped in a 6-foot-deep window well some time between midnight and 6 a.m. on Dec. 18, SPCA chief Roy...

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