New York

“My assumption is that that harness had to be cut off from her, it didn’t just come off because it had grown into her neck so far,” Mark Plyter of the Humane Society of Wayne County said.

A 20-pound male dog was spotted roaming about Poughkeepsie's Camp Comb area on Monday. A burgundy SUV was seen in the same area. If you have any information, please call 1-(845)-520-6915.

“I purposely wanted a dog that nobody else wanted,” said Sister Veronica Mendez. “I wanted to bring a dog home that might get euthanized if we didn't take her.”

“This is a good step in the giant undertaking of getting rid of puppy mills, which only produce suffering,” said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal.

“All too often those housing seized animals are punished for taking in animals involved in cases of animal cruelty. This new law will allow these organizations, that are often overcrowded and underfunded, to recoup a reasonable cost for the care of these animals.”