Training cops to be aware of animal abuse
Photo credit: Daniel Brennan | Susan C. McDonough, a consultant on animal cruelty issues for the New York State Humane Association, speaks to a group of police officers during a workshop at the Police Academy in Brentwood. (Oct. 23, 2012)
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Scratch the surface of an animal-abuse case and you're likely to find child or elder abuse, illegal guns, drugs and other crimes, a veteran police investigator said at a law-enforcement training session Tuesday.
And if you find an abused person in a house with a pet, it's likely the pet was abused as well, former New York State Trooper Susan McDonough said.
"So when you go out on an...
