Freddy The Beloved NYC Bodega Cat Is Killed By Dogs As Their Female Owner, Pals ‘Cheered’: Activists
A beloved Manhattan bodega cat was horrifically mauled to death by two pit bulls last week as the dogs’ heartless female owner and pals “watched and cheered,” animal rescuers claimed to The Post.
Tragic adorable tabby Freddy was attacked around 9 p.m. Friday outside Michelle Flowers, where he lived, in Washington Heights, according to volunteer rescuers with
Cat Collective NY, who said they looked at surveillance video and spoke with witnesses.
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The pit bulls’ owner and pals then smoked, danced and ate food while taking photos and mimicking the grisly scene, the group told The Post.
“Someone deliberately set dogs on a defenseless cat while people watched and cheered,” said Dan Rimada of Bodega Cats of New York — calling the incident pure “evil.”
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Freddy the striped shop cat was known to bask in the sun, eagerly receive loving pats from neighbors and “brought smiles to so many,” Cat Collective NY said in an Instagram tribute.
Still, “harm or death to an animal caused by another animal is not a criminal matter,” an NYPD rep has told The Post – a matter that has left owners of mauled pets with
no avenues for justice outside of civil court.
A state bill to close the legal loophole,
dubbed Penny’s Law after Penny the Chihuahua was mauled by two pit bulls on the Upper West Side in May, remains stalled in committee. A similar bill at the city level is being drafted by Councilwoman Gale Brewer.
The pit bulls’ owner and pals then smoked, danced and ate food while taking photos and mimicking the grisly scene, Cat Collective NY told The Post.
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