ICYMI: Man Abandoned Dog While Fleeing State: SPCA

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in West Islip Patch:

WEST BABYLON, NY - A Medford was charged with animal cruelty on Wednesday after abandoning his dog in West Babylon, according to the Suffolk County SPCA.

Chris Gallagher, 24, was charged with animal cruelty for failure to provide proper sustenance and abandonment of his dog, the SPCA said.

Gallagher left his dog unattended in a crate and in a residence on Van Buren Street in for several days without food or water while Gallagher had fled New York believing there was a warrant for his arrest.

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