MIDDLE ISLAND, NY — A 41-year-old Middle Island woman was charged Saturday with several counts of animal neglect, the Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said.
Chief Roy Gross said that on Saturday night detectives with the agency responded to a parking lot on Moreland Road in Commack after having received calls reporting several animals confined in a vehicle without food or water and that one dead kitten was also in the vehicle.
Detectives discovered the kitten, as well as two live kittens, two adult cats, and a Shih Tzu dog, and the animals were taken to a veterinary emergency group, Gross said.
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The woman is scheduled to appear in First District Court in Central Islip on April 26 where she may face additional charges related to the dead kitten, pending the results of a necropsy report, he said.
Animal cruelty will not be tolerated in the county. The SPCA is anyone who witnesses any incident of animal cruelty or neglect in Suffolk to contact them at 631-382-7722.
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