Updated: Tuesday, March 31 2015, 03:58 PM EDT ROTTERDAM -- Five pit bulls, two of them puppies, are staying at the Montgomery SPCA after being removed from a shed on a Rotterdam property March 30. Shelter staff said the dogs were in rough shape, but they have been bathed, fed, watered and are said to be doing well. The shelter will be holding the dogs until the animal cruelty case plays out, but no arrests have yet been made.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the Rotterdam Police Department at 355-7331.
Updated: Tuesday, March 31 2015, 09:44 PM EDT AMSTERDAM -- Five pit bulls rescued from a shed in Rotterdam are on the road to recovery. The dogs, named "Mars," "Jupiter," "Saturn," "Neptune," and "Mercury" have been cleaned and are now resting comfortably at the Montgomery SPCA. The shelter and care provides a stark contrast to the conditions where police tell CBS 6 the dogs were found. "They could not move. They're sitting in knee high feces and urine. That's how they had to live. No water. No food. In a shed. Cold. With the temperatures that we've had," said Jan Zumbolo, the shelter's interim manager. The dogs had bloated bellies and have been treated with de-wormer, according to Zumbolo. She also tells CBS 6 the dogs drank buckets of water when they were brought into the shelter. Rotterdam Police are still looking for the person they believe left the dogs in the shed. Call them if you can help crack the case.
We happen to know the family 'personally'. It was the family that told the cops who they thought it was. The family did the 'foot work' so to say.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Man arrested for alleged animal abandonment in Rotterdam
By Marty Kasper Published: April 3, 2015, 2:51 pm | Updated: April 3, 2015, 11:12 pm
ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Police say they’ve arrested and charged a man for abandoning five dogs that they say he hid inside a shed behind his grandparent’s home in Rotterdam.
Police say the dogs were found in deplorable conditions, but the one bright spot is that the dogs are all now being cared for by professionals and all of them are making great recoveries. However, police say the discovery that was made this past Monday is very uncommon for the town of Rotterdam.
The dogs were found hidden away in the back of a property on Melrose Street in Rotterdam.
“As you know on March 30, there were five pit bulls found in a shed on Melrose Avenue,” said Lt. Brown.
Police say a daughter of the elderly couple that lives there made the discovery.
“Went to the house that afternoon to assist the elderly relatives with cleaning up in the garage,” Lt. Brown said.
Police say it was only when they needed something from a shed in the back that they learned five pit-bulls had been abandoned there.
“They actually went to the shed for something, heard the dogs barking, opened the shed door, and found the dogs in there,” said Lt. Brown.
Police say the discovery was saddening.
“There were two crates, with two dogs each, and there was one dog that was loose within the shed,” said Lt. Brown. “They were in their own feces and urine, and there was no food or water.”
Police say the homeowners were unaware that their own grandson, 24-year-old Nicholas Bordeau had left three adult dogs and two puppies on their property.
“They had no knowledge that the dogs were in the shed,” Lt. Brown said.
Rescuers from the Montgomery County SPCA volunteered to take and care for the dogs.
After nearly five days of investigating, police charged Bordeau with five counts each of failure to provide sustenance, abandoning an animal, and having an unlicensed dog; 15 counts total. Although, police can’t say how long they were living in terrible conditions because Bordeau wouldn’t speak to investigators.
“He didn’t cooperate so we don’t know exactly how long they were there,” said Lt. Brown.
Bordeau was arraigned in Rotterdam Town Court Friday. He was released but is required to appear back in court in the near future.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
no I didn't......it's under the radar right now......and to have the shelter bill keep climbing without a resolve ...is ridiculous....that's my point....
a newspaper article doesn't always state facts...no one knows about the accumulating bill and who is responsible...
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