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Suffolk SPCA Offers $2,000 For Information Leading to Animal Torturers

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By Published: December 18 2013

LongIsland.com

An as yet unknown individual has posted images of tortured and dismembered animals to the Internet.

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Hauppauge, NY - December 17, 2013 - The Suffolk County SPCA is offering a $2,000.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for torturing and dismembering animals and then posting it on the internet.
 
Chief Roy Gross of the Suffolk SPCA said that the agency was contacted with a report that an individual had committed this heinous act somewhere within the confines of the Suffolk Police 5th Pct. The caller did not provide any further information.
 
"If this allegation is true it is a blatant act of Animal Cruelty and we will do everything we can to see that those responsible are apprehended," Gross said.
 
Anyone with information can contact the Suffolk County SPCA at 631-382-7722.  All calls will be kept confidential.