| Location / Date | Title | Name(s) |
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MA-Worcester Nov 16, 2008 |
Two puppies beaten, thrown - one dies
Beating, Throwing | ALLEGED Christopher Devlin |
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MA-Worcester Aug 7, 2008 |
Dog neglected, infested with maggots
Neglect / Abandonment | ALLEGED Rebecca Cook Arthur Mantha |
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MA-Leominster Aug 1, 2008 |
Hoarding at least 10 cats, home condemned
Hoarding | NOT CHARGED Arthur Merriam Jean Merriam |
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MA-Harvard May 23, 2008 |
Eight rabbits abandoned in woods
Neglect / Abandonment | OPEN |
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MA-Southbridge Mar 6, 2008 |
Hoarding 74 animals, child neglect
Hoarding | NOT CHARGED Linda Ireland |
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MA-Milford Jan 29, 2008 |
Horse owner charged
Neglect / Abandonment | DISMISSED (CONDITIONAL) Elliot S. Saffran |
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MA-Mendon Nov 6, 2007 |
Nearly 700 ducks and chickens neglected
Neglect / Abandonment | ALLEGED |
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MA-Braintree Jul 4, 2007 |
Elderly, deaf dog kicked, punched repeatedly
Beating, Kicking/Stomping | ALLEGED Kenneth G. Farmer |
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MA-Gardner May 18, 2007 |
Three kittens abused
Beating | ALLEGED Michele L. Lepkowski |
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MA-Hardwick May 5, 2007 |
Farm animals abandoned - 380 seized
Mutilation/Torture | ALLEGED |
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MA-Lunenburg Dec 6, 2006 |
Three dogs severely neglected
Neglect / Abandonment | ALLEGED Jennifer Cormier Linda McMasters |
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MA-Blackstone Dec 6, 2006 |
Wild turkey baited, run over
Vehicular, Unlawful Trapping/Hunting | ALLEGED Andrew Clifford |
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MA-Hopedale Nov 14, 2006 |
Cat shot with pellet gun
Shooting | OPEN |
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MA-Oxford Aug 16, 2006 |
Animal control officer charged with neglect
Neglect / Abandonment | CONVICTED Michelle A. Mulverhill |
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MA-North Brookfield Jun 1, 2006 |
Attempted kitten drowning
Drowning | NOT CHARGED Laurence E. Thayer |
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MA-Sterling Mar 7, 2006 |
2 puppies stolen from shelter
Theft | ALLEGED Adult Adult |
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MA-Milford Jan 31, 2006 |
Cat dumped in woods
Neglect / Abandonment | OPEN |
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MA-Lancaster Jan 2006 |
Hoarding 25 cats, 4 dogs
Hoarding | NOT CHARGED Claudia J. Ezinicki |
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MA-Webster Oct 22, 2005 |
Cat beaten to death, another stuffed in freezer
Mutilation/Torture, Beating | ALLEGED Joseph M. McDonald |
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MA-Milford Oct 5, 2005 |
Dogs abandoned, one severely neglected
Neglect / Abandonment | OPEN |
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MA-Blackstone Sep 27, 2005 |
Heron attacked, legs and wings broken
Beating | OPEN |
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MA-Worcester Sep 15, 2005 |
Cats mutilated, gutted, sliced in half
Mutilation/Torture | OPEN |
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MA-Fitchburg Sep 7, 2005 |
Dog kicked
Kicking/Stomping | ALLEGED Stephon Jones |
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MA-Fitchburg Aug 17, 2005 |
Dog abandoned in basement
Neglect / Abandonment | NOT CHARGED |
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MA-Warren Aug 2005 |
Hoarding
Hoarding | ALLEGED Ermelinda F. Fortunato |
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MA-Warren Jul 2005 |
Dog seized, broken back and ribs
Neglect / Abandonment | ALLEGED Robert L Kmiecik |
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MA-Northbridge May 22, 2005 |
Cat doused with gasoline, set on fire
Burning - Fire or Fireworks | CONVICTED Allan Bessette |
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MA-Milford Apr 9, 2005 |
Sheep dragged, beaten and stabbed
Beating, Stabbing | ALLEGED Rosa Pizha Maria Pizha-Tacuri |
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MA-Upton Apr 2005 |
Miniature horses starved
Neglect / Abandonment | CONVICTED Jerrold N. Arnowitz Maria Kelleghan |
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MA-Milford Sep 14, 2004 |
Dog pushed down cliff into water-filled quarry
Throwing | ALLEGED Andrew Pelliccia |
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MA-Sterling May 1, 2004 |
Dog repeatedly struck with magazine
Beating | ALLEGED Ferenc Boncz |
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MA-Leominster Jan 15, 2003 |
Hoarding - dead cockatoos, parrots, pythons
Hoarding | CONVICTED Carol Gilbert Peter Gilbert |
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MA-Leominster Oct 22, 2002 |
Cat shot
Shooting | OPEN |
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MA-Ashburnham Mar 2002 |
Dog shot 3 times in two weeks
Shooting | OPEN |
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MA-Uxbridge Aug 27, 2001 |
Unleashed dog shot in park
Shooting | ALLEGED Francis Daignault |
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MA-Gardner Feb 4, 2001 |
Deplorable conditions at city animal shelter
Neglect / Abandonment | ALLEGED Arthur F LeBlanc III |
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MA-Worcester Dec 3, 1999 |
Fire kills 6 firefighters, a dog and a cat
Burning - Fire or Fireworks | NOT CHARGED Julie Ann King Thomas S. Levesque |
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MA-Clinton Jul 28, 1999 |
Two skunks beaten to death, skulls crushed
Beating | CONVICTED John D. Rousseau |
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MA-Bolton Apr 29, 1999 |
Dog beaten with hammer
Beating | ALLEGED Thomas G. Campbell |
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MA-West Boylston Sep 6, 1998 |
Killed 6 German shepherd mix puppies by tossing them from a 70-foot overpass
Throwing | OPEN |
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MA-Northbridge Aug 29, 1998 |
Cow neglect, 9 found dead
Neglect / Abandonment | ALLEGED Jose Botelho |
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