For anyone looking for an ethical statement on bullfighting, this is not that film. Composed primarily of a series of corrida at which Peruvian star matador Andres Roca Rey performs, this is an extremely tough watch for those with any kind of sympathy for animal rights. Director Albert Serra lauded for his 2022 thriller Pacifiction is not especially interested in the lives of the bulls, who all die desultory deaths, depicted with horrible intimacy here.
Prosecutors said that around 6 p.m. on Aug. 23, Fyffe was seen on 133rd Avenue near Gwen Ifill Park in Locust Manor wrapping duct tape around a white and tan pit bull's snout, eyes, front legs, and back legs. When confronted by a witness and another individual, Fyffe allegedly pulled out a knife and waved it at them. The pair immediately called police and recorded the incident, later posting the video on social media, officials said.
The charges against Kevin Sanders were driven by a six-month investigation initiated after a former employee reported alleged animal cruelty at Your Dog's Best Friends.
Footage from a trailing vehicle shows a red-and-brown Doberman pinscher being dragged behind an older-model black Jeep Cherokee SUV on Wednesday around 5:45 p.m. The dog rolled, flipped and tumbled as the vehicle traveled about 30 miles per hour along Edgewood Drive in Spring Valley.
Someone deliberately set dogs on a defenseless cat while people watched and cheered, calling the incident pure evil, said Dan Rimada of Bodega Cats of New York.
The RSPCA is really concerned that a loophole currently exists allowing animal abuse scenes deemed unacceptable elsewhere to be streamed freely and legally into our homes.
"I saw a post on social media and automatically thought, oh my gosh, this could be our Bob. I walked around the area and he was just there with literally no head, just his body."
"The defendant is accused of hoarding 48 Belgian Malinois in a cramped and filthy apartment filled with the animals' excrement," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said. "At least three of the dogs were too sick to be saved and had to be humanely euthanized due to neglect."