Dog-Fighting Ring Busted In New York, Nearly 30 Canines Rescued By Police

The New York Police Department rescued nearly 30 canines after busting an animal-fighting club Thursday morning.

The NYPD raided two locations in New York this week to rescue almost 40 dogs caged in an animal fighting club. The officials took down the club as a part of a large scale crackdown on animal cruelty cases.

On Monday, the investigators removed cages and commonly used pieces of equipment for dog fights along with weapons from inside one of the raided houses in Long Island. The authorities said they had rescued around 12 dogs from the small house in a quiet neighborhood.

Officials raided another home in Washington Heights at West 162nd Street and Broadway, on Thursday and took an unidentified suspect into custody. The police officers, with the partnership of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), were able to rescue around 28 dogs from the house. The investigators reported that the charges on the detained person were pending.

The police department didn't release information about the detained but stated that Nassau County Police, ASPCA and Manhattan District Attorney’s office were cooperating with them.

Lauding the efforts of the officers, NYPD chief Dermot Shea tweeted, “Tremendous work by the NYPD’s Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad and the Grand Larceny Division – with our partners in the ASPCA – in rescuing 28 dogs as part of a large-scale, ongoing animal cruelty investigation. Impressive and important work. Well done!”

As the police officers progressed with the raid, a resident on the same street, who did not want to be identified, expressed concern and added that the neighborhood was generally quiet and that most people “tend to mind our own business here.”