More Trouble With Abandoned Animals In Vacant Building In Foreclosure

In Troy, New York, the Troy Record reports on a dangerous situation that recently confronted a code inspector, an animal control officer and a local cop when inspecting an abandoned building in foreclosure that had an approximately 85-pound pit bull and a puppy in an upstairs bedroom with the door closed:

• When Animal Control Officer Kevin McDonough and Police Officer Chris McDonald tried to get in the bedroom, the dog attacked, and they were forced to put it down ... . McDonough took the puppy to the Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society shelter in Menands. It is unclear why the dogs were in the abandoned building, but authorities suspect the building was being used for an illicit purpose, possibly drug related, and the dogs were for protection.

• There was so much dog feces all over the place [Code Inspector David Sheeran] said he did not even inspect the rest of the building. Crews secured the building and pad locked the doors until they can find the owner. Crews may be forced to don suits and masks and clean out the building, Sheeran said.

For more, see Police shoot attacking dog abandoned in Troy building.

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