Woman arrested in Amityville puppy-dumping case
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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An Amityville woman faces animal cruelty and abandonment charges in the dumping of two emaciated, severely ill puppies in a window well in Riverhead earlier this month, the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced Sunday.
Stephen Laton, chief of operations for the SPCA, said the agency received a tip Saturday implicating Swaneka P.J. Danzler, 21.
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