It’s a scorching Saturday where I’m sitting, and I can tell you what I do not want to do: read about Jeff Bezos’ wedding or the half-naked “celebrities” in attendance preening for the cameras. Meanwhile, it looks like there’s still a long way to go on the Big, Beautiful Bill and a vote is not expected for at least the next day or two (or more).
So I thought I’d bring you a bad/good story. It starts out bad, but ends up (mostly) good, and it features the favorite animal of many folks: doggies.
I’ve written about an amazing breed called the Belgian Malinois in the past—one of the best military dogs in the world, used by both the U.S. Army and the IDF—but unfortunately, in this case an apparently completely insane guy in Queens, New York, kept 48 of them prisoner in his cramped, disgusting apartment. They were starving, scared and completely neglected:
Animal welfare officials, alongside the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit, responded to Isaac Yadgarov’s seventh-floor Forest Hills apartment on May 8 and found a disturbing scene — dozens of dogs, ranging from 3 weeks to 3 years old, crammed into a foul-smelling, urine- and feces-covered unit, prosecutors said.
Some were stuffed into closets and cupboards with no access to fresh air or sunlight.
Three were in such poor condition they had to be euthanized.
That was the bad part. Here comes the good:
After weeks of socialization, medical care and puppy-safe training, however, Rivington and the other pups have grown, healed and learned to trust, Maso said.
Five are now “thriving” and officially up for adoption at the ASPCA’s Manhattan facility, while the other nine have already been adopted.
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It’s a scorching Saturday where I’m sitting, and I can tell you what I do not want to do: read about Jeff Bezos’ wedding or the half-naked “celebrities” in attendance preening for the cameras. Meanwhile, it looks like there’s still a long way to go on the Big, Beautiful Bill and a vote is not expected for at least the next day or two (or more).
So I thought I’d bring you a bad/good story. It starts out bad, but ends up (mostly) good, and it features the favorite animal of many folks: doggies.
I’ve written about an amazing breed called the Belgian Malinois in the past—one of the best military dogs in the world, used by both the U.S. Army and the IDF—but unfortunately, in this case an apparently completely insane guy in Queens, New York, kept 48 of them prisoner in his cramped, disgusting apartment. They were starving, scared and completely neglected:
> Animal welfare officials, alongside the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit, responded to Isaac Yadgarov’s seventh-floor Forest Hills apartment on May 8 and found a disturbing scene — dozens of dogs, ranging from 3 weeks to 3 years old, crammed into a foul-smelling, urine- and feces-covered unit, prosecutors said.
> Some were stuffed into closets and cupboards with no access to fresh air or sunlight.
> Three were in such poor condition they had to be euthanized.
That was the bad part. Here comes the good:
> After weeks of socialization, medical care and puppy-safe training, however, Rivington and the other pups have grown, healed and learned to trust, Maso said.
> Five are now “thriving” and officially up for adoption at the ASPCA’s Manhattan facility, while the other nine have already been adopted.
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