Suffering Shih Tzu: Dog Owner Faces Criminal Charges in Brooklyn for Animal Cruelty
SCHERMERHORN STREET — A tiny Shih Tzu dog is recovering, while its former owner is facing prosecution in Brooklyn Criminal Court for animal neglect.
Humane Law Enforcement (HLE) agents of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) arrested Brooklyn resident Nicole Dennis over the weekend for allegedly neglecting and starving her year-old female Shih Tzu named Dora.
On Dec. 17, 2011, HLE agents investigated a report of an emaciated, neglected canine living on Albemarle Road in Prospect Park South. Agents encountered the dog, and she appeared to be weak, thin and matted. Dennis relinquished Dora to the agents, and she was brought to the ASPCA’s Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital for treatment.