SPCA: One of two puppies abandoned in Riverhead dies
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.
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One of two emaciated puppies dumped in Riverhead last week died Christmas night after a case of mange so severe that its skin peeled off when it was picked up, said the Suffolk County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The reward in the case has been upped from $2,000 to $3,000, SPCA chief Roy Gross said Wednesday. "He had to be kept on intravenous fluids because he was too weak...
