Suffolk police investigating animal cruelty cases

SUFFOLK

Police are investigating two cases of animal cruelty reported to officers during the New Year’s holiday.

On Dec. 31, a man called police to report a dead dog in the 8800 block of Gates Road, said Debbie George, city spokeswoman.

The man told police that he saw someone pull onto a hunting path on Gates Road and take a dog out of a cage on the back of his truck, George said. The man heard a gunshot, then a dog yelp. When he went to investigate, he found the dog dead.

The case is being investigated by animal control, George said.

Some time between Jan. 2 and 3, police got a call from a woman that someone apparently had tried to cut her dog’s throat, George said.

The dog was in the woman’s yard in the 200 block of N. 5th St., George said. The dog was taken to an emergency veterinarian and was expected to be fine earlier today, but was later euthanized on the advice of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, George said.

That case also remains under investigation, George said.

Staff writer Lauren King contributed to this story.