Summary

A NEW YORK MAN IS ARRESTED AFTER THE SPCA FINDS MORE THAN 100 ANIMALS IN HIS HOME.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 226991
Story Slug ANIMAL CRUELTY (4/7/2002)
Location BOHEMIA, NEW YORK
Format VOSOT
Date 4/7/2002
Archive Time 14:25
TRT 1:27
Supers Bohemia, New York Chief Roy Gross, Suffolk SPCA Troy Norr, Neighbor
Video Description CATS, UNDERCOVER POLICE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO DOGS ANIMALS IN CRAMMED IN CAGES, DEAD CAT. SKULL, MINI HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS IN PENS IN BACKYARD, MAN ON FRONT STEP WITH POLICE OFFICER, POLICE OFFICER SOT, SUFFOLK POLICE CAR PULLING UP TO HOUSE, NEIGHBOR SOTS, STANDUP, WOMAN SOT, WOMAN PUTTING BIRD INTO PLASTIC BAG.
Description A NEW YORK MAN IS ARRESTED AFTER THE SPCA FINDS MORE THAN 100 ANIMALS IN HIS HOME.
Script LEAD: A GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK LEADS TO THE ARREST OF A LOCAL SCIENCE TEACHER. SCRIPT: (VOSIL) THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS FOUND MORE THAN 100 SICK ANIMALS AT THE BOHEMIA HOME OF 45-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY BALSAMO. THEY FOUNDS CATS, DOGS, LLAMAS, EMUS, GOATS AND MINIATURE HORSES ALL LIVING IN DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS. NEIGHBORS AND POLICE ARE SHOCKED. (SOT - GROSS "In one of the sheds in the back where the goats are being housed, we had to dig down about a foot and a half through feces just to open the door." :12) (SOT - NORR "It's very disturbing to know how those animals were. It hurts us.") (VO) BALSAMO WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. HE WAS RELEASED ON BAIL. THE A-S-P-C-A SAYS MOST OF THE ANIMALS ARE IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS UNTIL PERMANENT HOMES CAN BE FOUND.
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Keywords

NEGLECTED
ABUSED
POOR CONDITIONS
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
CAUGHT ON TAPE
ANIMAL CRUELTY
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