The Asbury Park City Council unanimously voted Wednesday night to award its animal control contract to the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [MCSPCA] in Eatontown. “It has been my experience that the MCSPCA provides a higher quality of care and better environment for the animals,” said Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn […]

Ridge Avenue resident Daniel H.Moore, 46, was charged with two counts of animal cruelty Tuesday after police said he did not provide necessary care for his two Italian mastiffs. Moore failed to supply the mastiffs, one male and one female, with sufficient water when outside temperatures reached 90 degrees, said Victor “Buddy” Amato,  chief of police […]

An Asbury Park resident faces up to $20,000 in fines that stem from charges brought by the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [SPCA]. Carmen Burke, 63, of Monroe Avenue, was charged on Oct. 6 with 16 counts of animal cruelty, failing to provide sustenance, failing to provide proper water and […]

Two women facing charges of animal cruelty from a July incident in which one dog died pled guilty today in Asbury Park Municipal Court, according to a Monmouth County SPCA official. Asbury Park residents Juanita White and Davina L. Kearney faced multiple charges of animal cruelty stemming from the incident in which two pit bulls under […]

One of the dogs rescued by the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [SPCA] after it was allegedly mistreated by owners in Asbury Park is on the mend and up for adoption. Boogie [pictured above], a 2 to 3 year old pit bull, weighed 30 pounds and had a bloody ear […]

Two Asbury Park women face animal cruelty charges in connection with the mistreatment of two pit bulls, resulting in the death of one, after both were allegedly left outside in the heat today without water and proper shelter. Davina L. Kearney, 30, 613 Ridge Ave., and Juanita White, 48, who lives at the Oceanic Motel […]

A Neptune man has admitted he stabbed a dog in the chest during an altercation with its owner in December, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Altarik Cullum, 27, of Neptune, pleaded guilty on Friday, March 22, to one count of animal cruelty in front of Asbury Park Municipal Court […]