Morris Park dog thrown in trash
Owner caught on surveillance video leaving dog for dead near supermarket
BY JASON COHEN
Warning: This story contains
graphic images which may be
disturbing for some viewers.
A dog was left for dead
Thursday afternoon, as man’s
best friend was found in a city
trash can near the Community
Board 11 offi ce in front of Big
Deal Food Market in Morris
Park.
Anthony Logrippo, owner
of The Reef Shoppe at 1741
Colden Ave., told the Bronx
Times that he was alerted of
a French bulldog in the garbage
sometime late yesterday
morning. As a dog owner himself,
he rushed over to see what
happened.
“This didn’t make sense because
the dog had a collar and
a leash,” he said. “You can see
the dog was trying to get out.
It’s just mind-blowing. It’s not
right that someone should do
this to an animal and go live
their normal life.”
He made several attempts
to contact the dog’s owner, but
they could not be reached. The
Bronx Times also had no luck.
Logrippo brought the dog to
Dr. Sean Solomon at the Bronx
County Animal Hospital at
988b Morris Park Ave.
“He looked like he had been
dead for a little bit,” Solomon
said. “We really didn’t know
much about it besides the fact
that he was in a garbage can.
I’m sitting there thinking this
dog was trying to get out.”
The doctor explained that
bulldogs are prone to heat
stroke, so very likely the dog
passed out and the owner
threw him in the trash thinking
he was dead.
Solomon spoke to the NYPD
who said they would follow up
with him and talked to an employee
from the supermarket.
According to Miguel Garcia,
owner of Big Deal, there is
footage of a man throwing the
dog in the trash, but they cannot
see their face.
He said one of his clerks
witnessed it and ran and told
the vet.
“It’s very sad,” he said. “I
have a dog myself. I feel bad
about it.” A dog was found dead in a trash can in front of Big Deal Food Market Photo via Google Maps
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BRONX TIMES REPORTER,6 AUGUST 14-20, 2020 BTR