It’s a scorching Saturday where I’m sitting, and I can tell you what I do not want to do: read about Jeff Bezos’ wedding or the half-naked “celebrities” in attendance preening for the cameras. Meanwhile, it looks like there’s still a long way to go on the Big, Beautiful Bill and a vote is not expected for at least the next day or two (or more).
So I thought I’d bring you a bad/good story. It starts out bad, but ends up (mostly) good, and it features the favorite animal of many folks: doggies.
I’ve written about an amazing breed called the Belgian Malinois in the past—one of the best military dogs in the world, used by both the U.S. Army and the IDF—but unfortunately, in this case an apparently completely insane guy in Queens New York kept 48 of them prisoner in his cramped, disgusting apartment. They were starving, scared and completely neglected:
Animal welfare officials, alongside the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit, responded to Isaac Yadgarov’s seventh-floor Forest Hills apartment on May 8 and found a disturbing scene — dozens of dogs, ranging from 3 weeks to 3 years old, crammed into a foul-smelling, urine- and feces-covered unit, prosecutors said.
Some were stuffed into closets and cupboards with no access to fresh air or sunlight.
Three were in such poor condition they had to be euthanized.
That was the bad part. Here comes the good:
After weeks of socialization, medical care and puppy-safe training, however, Rivington and the other pups have grown, healed and learned to trust, Maso said.
Five are now “thriving” and officially up for adoption at the ASPCA’s Manhattan facility, while the other nine have already been adopted.
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Belgian Malinois are extremely intelligent and are capable of extraordinary athletic feats. The American Kennel Club describes the dog thusly, and it makes it all the more clear that what this guy did by keeping them cramped up in squalid conditions was incredibly cruel:
The smart, confident, and versatile Belgian Malinois is a world-class worker who forges an unbreakable bond with his human partner. To deny a Mal activity and the pleasure of your company is to deprive him of his very reasons for being. Belgian Malinois are squarely built, proud, and alert herders standing 22 to 26 inches. Strong and well-muscled, but more elegant than bulky, there's an honest, no-frills look about them, as befit dogs built to work hard for their feed. A breed hallmark is the proud carriage of the head. Coat colors range from a rich fawn to mahogany. The black ears and mask accentuate bright, questioning eyes the color of dark Belgian chocolate.
This is what they were meant to do:
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The sicko, 37-year-old Isaac Yadgarov, faces 96 charges—two for each dog—including animal torture. He could get up to a year in a cement box, but truthfully I think it should be a lot more than that.
Meanwhile, it’s happy news that many of these dogs with their “questioning eyes the color of dark Belgian chocolate” will be moving on to much happier lives.
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