Twenty-three dogs were rescued from a Sheepshead Bay home which had no running water or working heat early this morning. Agents from the ASPCA and Animal Care and Control executed a search warrant in two Sheepshead Bay homes about 8:30 a.m. after receiving reports of an elderly couple hoarding dogs in bad conditions. “It smelled like dog feces and urine,” said neighbor Stacey Krauf. “You could smell it across the street.”
Nothing was found in the couple’s home on Bedford Ave. near Avenue U, but it seems they were keeping the dogs in an Avenue Y house that had no heat or running water a couple of blocks away. “It’s sad. They shouldn’t be locked in a house with no heat and no running water. There was nothing but garbage in there,” said Krauf. You can see photos of the interior of the house, and of one of the rescued dogs, at the Daily News. You can see a video of the scene below, via the Post:
The owners, who have not been identified yet, were reportedly shouting at one another as all the dogs were taken from them. “He was going ballistic,” Krauf said. “He was screaming and yelling at everybody...He’s nuts.” Investigators haven't said whether the couple will face criminal charges. Earlier this year, a 57-year-old Brooklyn woman who admitted she was a "pit bull hoarder" was forced to part with some of her 18 dogs after she met with the ASPCA's Cruelty Intervention Advocacy program.
