Even one story is bad enough, but here in New Jersey this winter, we've already seen a handful of cases in which dogs were left outside in the extreme cold without much of a shot at surviving.
A Lakewood woman accused of hoarding and abandoning about 40 dogs inside her Spruce Street home in May, has avoided going to jail after pleading guilty to two counts of animal cruelty Thursday, according to The Lakewood Scoop.
We seem to hear a lot more about animal abuse cases these days. A New Jersey SPCA official says increased awareness about this ongoing problem has a good and a bad side.