A city Parks Department supervisor faces a year in jail after being charged with abandoning two gravely ill dogs earlier this month, the Daily News has learned.
Tyrone Walker, 41, of Staten Island, a maintenance supervisor at Randalls Island, was charged with tying up an ailing Rottweiler and a Belgian sheepdog and leaving them, officials said Thursday.
The 10-year-old Rottweiler, named Shadow, had cancer and could barely move when Walker tied him and an 8-year-old shepherd named Savannah to a fence at Marcus Garvey Park in Manhattan and drove off, according to court records.
"There's no excuse for what happened to these pets," said ASPCA Assistant Director Joseph Pentangelo. "These dogs needed help. The suspect's actions were callous and cold."
Walker was spotted April 2 by a security guard from a nearby building who got the license number of Walker's 2003 Chevrolet Suburban as he drove off, allegedly leaving the dogs.
The pooches were picked up by animal control officials, but Shadow died within a matter of hours. Savannah is currently recovering from Lyme disease, Pantangelo said.
Walker at first said he had nothing to do with the dogs but later said he was given the dogs by a friend who couldn't care for them, Pantangelo said.
(Photos above not of actual dogs in question)
I've volunteered at the Anti-Cruelty Society and we would of been more than happy to take the two in and care for them. Its inexcusable to just leave them outside in the elements.
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