 Cat killed by suspected fighting dog
Watertown, NY (US)Date: Mar 2006
County: Jefferson
Local Map: available
Disposition: Not Charged
Abuser names unreleased
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A dog's attack on a cat on Watertown's Mechanic Street may be related to a dog fighting ring in the city. Susan Lyndaker, whose cat was killed in the incident says she's been told by authorities that the pitbull had numerous wounds from fighting other dogs.
"It apparently had been fighting another dog and had lost the fight and they had brought the dog out to, I guess to get it excited or something again. That was the reason for the dog coming down here after the cat that day."
A neighbor's surveillance camera system recorded five young men watching and videotaping the dog as it went into a yard, killed the cat and dragged it back out onto the street.
Lyndaker was told by City Police that the owner of the pitbull that killed her cat faces dog and cat cruelty charges. So far police have yet to make an arrest, telling Lyndaker that the suspect appears to have fled to his home state of Virginia.
She said police told her that of the five young men who watched the dog's attack on her cat, only the dog's owner will face charges.
Meanwhile, she says one of the young men in the group reappeared in the neighborhood with what appeared to be a pitbull pup in tow.
Authorities believe dogs are being being placed in battle against one another in the basements of several homes in the city. Neighborhood MapFor more information about the Interactive Animal Cruelty Maps, see the map notes.
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