2 Headless Goats Found Behind Long Island Burger King

FARMINGDALE, NY — The remains of two decapitated goats were found in black plastic bags behind a Burger King in Farmingdale on Thursday, the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said.

Suffolk police called the SPCA to the burger chain, at 96 Broadhollow Road, after the "grisly find," the SPCA said. SPCA detectives called it a "ritualistic sacrifice." Other items to suggest a ritual were found with the goats, said Roy Gross, chief of the Suffolk SPCA.

"The Suffolk County SPCA is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for this barbaric act of animal cruelty for unjustifiably harming, mutilating or killing an animal," the SPCA wrote. "All too many times these gruesome finds are discovered not only by adults but occasionally by children. These acts of violence must stop now!"

Animal cruelty will not be tolerated in Suffolk County, Gross said. He asked anyone who witnesses animal cruelty or neglect to call the Suffolk SPCA at 631-382-7722.