{"id":1418,"date":"2017-05-12T17:21:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T17:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/pets\/public-s-help-requested-in-identifying-suspects-in-cruel-act-of-animal-abandonment\/"},"modified":"2017-05-12T17:21:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T17:21:35","slug":"public-s-help-requested-in-identifying-suspects-in-cruel-act-of-animal-abandonment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/pets\/public-s-help-requested-in-identifying-suspects-in-cruel-act-of-animal-abandonment","title":{"rendered":"Public\u2019s Help Requested in Identifying Suspects in Cruel Act of Animal Abandonment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"Copy-Headline\">Security cameras captured a cruel act of animal abandonment in a backyard near Atlantic Avenue and Third Street. On Thursday, May 11, three individuals\u2014one adult male and two adult females accompanied by what appeared to be a white pit bull mix\u2014walked down an alley, one of the females carrying a puppy. They stopped at the end of the alley, and the woman heartlessly tossed the little dog over a fence into a backyard and then ran away with the other individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see and hear them laughing as they dump the puppy and run,\u201d one resident said.<\/p>\n<p>You can also hear the frantic crying of the frightened little dog as she runs from end to end of the fence.<\/p>\n<p> <center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flongbeachpost%2Fvideos%2F10155179733900256%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the residents knew enough about dogs to determine gender and approximate age. The puppy had a collar but no tags and appeared to be 6 months old, they said, and was dehydrated, starving, and covered in fleas and ticks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were large ticks, the size of popcorn kernels,\u201d a resident said. \u201cAnd we could feel her bones when we pet her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resident and the neighbors removed the ticks and gave the puppy food and water. The dog is now at animal control, where she\u2019ll be assessed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-54249\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Puppy_in_yard.jpg\" alt=\"Puppy in yard\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The puppy is thought to be a female terrier or poodle mix.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shelters and the animal community at large are well acquainted with abandoned animals. Seeing the abandonment in action, particularly cats and dogs tossed out of cars or left in garbage cans at their birth, adds to the pain and compassion they feel\u2014the video will give the reader a good taste of it. Fortunately, the footage is reasonably clear and will hopefully result in identification of the abusers.<\/p>\n<p>Animal abandonment is considered a misdemeanor under California Penal Code 597s, Willful Abandonment of Animal, and the merciless act of tossing the puppy over the fence could result in further <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeach.gov\/acs\/pet-laws-and-licensing\/animal-cruelty\">cruelty charges<\/a>. If you have any information about any of the suspects in the video and the still shots below, please call Long Beach Animal Care Services\u2019 Special Investigations Unit at <a href=\"tel:(562)%20570-3086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(562) 570-3086<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-54250\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/closeup2.jpg\" alt=\"closeup2\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-54251\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/closeup3.jpg\" alt=\"closeup3\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-54252\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/closeup4.jpg\" alt=\"closeup4\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-54253\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/closeup_1.jpg\" alt=\"closeup 1\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Copy-Headline\">Security cameras captured a cruel act of animal abandonment in a backyard near Atlantic Avenue and Third Street yesterday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":66833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[68],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets","tag-the-scratching-post","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}