The following are some of the recent cases investigated by the Pennsylvania SPCA. Headquartered at 350 E. Erie Avenue in Philadelphia, the PSPCA operates six branches throughout the state. For more information, call 215-426-6300 or visit www.pspca.org. To report animal cruelty call 1-866-601-SPCA.
Dog Found Frozen
3300 block Argyle Street, Philadelphia. The owner of a dog found frozen to death and stuck to a fence will be charged with animal cruelty. The shepherd-mix dog was left outside tied to the fence overnight, when the temperature dropped to 14 degrees.
Terrier reunited with owner
8th and Wolf Streets, Philadelphia. A missing four-year Jack Russell terrier mix was reunited with his owners just weeks before Christmas. Chipper, escaped from a family member’s back yard and was found a day later by a PSPCA humane officer who reunited him with his owner after the family filed a lost dog report.
Dog electrocuted by power line
2300 block of Cheltenham Avenue, Philadelphia. A man walking his dogs in a field behind the Cheltenham Mall suffered a tragic loss when one of the dogs ran ahead to relieve himself. The dog selected a spot with an unmarked electrical support structure and was electrocuted.
Boy saves kitten
3800 block Elsinore Street, Philadelphia. A 10-year old boy mailing a letter for his mother was surprised to hear crying from a trash can. An animal-lover, the boy dug through the can to find a 10-week old orange tabby kitten wrapped in a plastic bag - he had been tossed aside, to be taken away in the garbage truck that morning.
The boy and his mother took the cat to the PSPCA, where a veterinary exam revealed the determined that the kitten has a mild neurological disorder. The otherwise healthy kitten, now known as Jake, is resting from his ordeal in the home of a PSPCA foster volunteer.
More than 60 animals removed from trailer
1000 block Ehler Street, Stroudsburg, Pa. PSPCA law enforcement officers removed more than 60 birds and a cat from a trailer on December 27 where the body of 500-pound woman had been found.
A woman and her elderly mother, both of whom were immobile, had been living in separate rooms in the trailer. When the elderly woman found her daughter was unresponsive late on Dec. 23, she called a family friend who found the body and alerted the police on Christmas Eve, according to a Stroudsburg Area Police spokesman. The body of the woman was removed on Dec. 24 and PSPCA got a search warrant to retrieve the animals three days later. PSPCA officers found 62 birds, a cat and six dead birds in the trailer.
The majority of the birds, which included finches, cockatiels, lovebirds and parrots, were living in dirty, broken cages and others were flying freely though the trailer; the dead birds were either piled in the shower or still in the cages, the PSPCA said. The animals were taken to the PSPCA’s Philadelphia Adoption Center for evaluation and are available for adoption.
Dog Found Frozen
3300 block Argyle Street, Philadelphia. The owner of a dog found frozen to death and stuck to a fence will be charged with animal cruelty. The shepherd-mix dog was left outside tied to the fence overnight, when the temperature dropped to 14 degrees.
Terrier reunited with owner
8th and Wolf Streets, Philadelphia. A missing four-year Jack Russell terrier mix was reunited with his owners just weeks before Christmas. Chipper, escaped from a family member’s back yard and was found a day later by a PSPCA humane officer who reunited him with his owner after the family filed a lost dog report.
Dog electrocuted by power line
2300 block of Cheltenham Avenue, Philadelphia. A man walking his dogs in a field behind the Cheltenham Mall suffered a tragic loss when one of the dogs ran ahead to relieve himself. The dog selected a spot with an unmarked electrical support structure and was electrocuted.
Boy saves kitten
3800 block Elsinore Street, Philadelphia. A 10-year old boy mailing a letter for his mother was surprised to hear crying from a trash can. An animal-lover, the boy dug through the can to find a 10-week old orange tabby kitten wrapped in a plastic bag - he had been tossed aside, to be taken away in the garbage truck that morning.
The boy and his mother took the cat to the PSPCA, where a veterinary exam revealed the determined that the kitten has a mild neurological disorder. The otherwise healthy kitten, now known as Jake, is resting from his ordeal in the home of a PSPCA foster volunteer.
More than 60 animals removed from trailer
1000 block Ehler Street, Stroudsburg, Pa. PSPCA law enforcement officers removed more than 60 birds and a cat from a trailer on December 27 where the body of 500-pound woman had been found.
A woman and her elderly mother, both of whom were immobile, had been living in separate rooms in the trailer. When the elderly woman found her daughter was unresponsive late on Dec. 23, she called a family friend who found the body and alerted the police on Christmas Eve, according to a Stroudsburg Area Police spokesman. The body of the woman was removed on Dec. 24 and PSPCA got a search warrant to retrieve the animals three days later. PSPCA officers found 62 birds, a cat and six dead birds in the trailer.
The majority of the birds, which included finches, cockatiels, lovebirds and parrots, were living in dirty, broken cages and others were flying freely though the trailer; the dead birds were either piled in the shower or still in the cages, the PSPCA said. The animals were taken to the PSPCA’s Philadelphia Adoption Center for evaluation and are available for adoption.
Great! It's wonderful to have a blog for all the dog people. I hope cats and other companion animals will be equally represented.— MaureenKoplow- Hi Amy, Great Idea for a blog.— bobseger99
- Congratulations on this much needed blog. It will be great for people who care about animals to have a place to get up to date on what is happening in the animal world.— HAP
- I called the spca about a dog who's chained out to a fence and the chain is only 2' long. He has an igloo but he cannot get inside of it because the chain is too short. He's out all the time. He never gets to go inside. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUFdHWOxW14 I made a video but the quality is kind of poor. The only camera I have is my cell phone cam. But it shows him in the snow, licking the ground. The video describes how he has to live.
I just found it strange the spca is arresting someone for their frozen dog because people like me call the spca trying to have these horrible things be avoided by telling them about cases of neglect but they don't do a thing about it. So, I expect this dog will probably die of frostbite\frozen to death. It dropped down to 16 degrees last night and I heard him crying and howling out there. It's terrible to have to listen to and know he's suffering. I can't reach him to help him. I don't know what else I can do. If there's anything you can do to help this poor dog, please do. I'm at my wit's end. Please watch the video and the description has the address of where the dog is. Thank you.— HappyJoy
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