NY Tortured animals discovered in home of mother & daughter
AfSD™(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS™and all living creatures)
From: Protect Animals
NY Tortured animals discovered in home of mother and daughter
Faith Ross
Photo: NY Post
Town of Hempstead, NY – Officials were alerted to a horrifying situation by complaints of odor emanating from a Rockville Centre home.
What they discovered inside of the home was unbelievable. The house was full of dogs, cats, ferrets and parrots. The animals, and the women, were living with piles of trash covering every portion of the floors, in addition to copious amounts of urine and feces.
Over two dozen of the animals were dead – the mother and daughter, Faith Ross and Francesca Maselli, that live in this home were residing with rotting corpses.
But the horrors didn’t stop there – dogs, both living and dead, were discovered with their muzzles taped shut. So much tape, in fact, that it was impossible for the dogs to eat, bark, and for some – breathe.
The skull of a dog was discovered…flesh gone, but the tape remained.
Fifteen dogs were rescued from the squalid home – frightened dogs suffering from dehydration and mental trauma. The dogs were taken to a veterinary clinic for treatment.
The victims in this case of horrific cruelty will never be able to share the horrors that they experienced in the small home. No one will ever know exactly what torture they endured – more than likely, nobody will ever be able to adequately explain how or why these abuses occurred.
As for the women responsible for the sad condition of the animals, they are currently being held on $75,000 bail (each) at the Nassau County Jail. They face three felony animal cruelty counts.
The women pleaded not-guilty to the charges, and unbelievably, they did not relinquish ownership of the animals. Authorities from the Town of Hempstead are going to have pursue a civil-court hearing within the next 10 days in order to gain custody of the abuse victims.
Neighbors of the women seemed to know that the pair were “off” – they describe the mother, daughter duo as “creepy”.
What goes on inside of the minds of people capable of abuse such as this? Is it mental illness or outright cruelty? Or is it a combination of both?
The condition of the home has every indication that it was occupied by hoarders – between the tremendous number of animals and the mountains of trash and filth inside, it has every element of a severe hoarding situation.
But this case seems to be something more….taping the dog’s muzzles closed, starving them intentionally – reeks of torture.
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we really need to look into longer prison sentences for this kind of criminal.
Once we come to an agreement nationwide that it should be a felony, maybe then we can toughen up?
This just goes to show how sadistic some people are. Why not avoid keeping dogs if you dont like them? Gezz, the evil of some people