NY - 48 dogs found living in squalor in 1-bedroom apartment - Queens, June 2025

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NYPD Finds 48 Dogs Living in Squalor in 1-Bedroom Apartment: 'Surrounded by Filth'

48 Belgian Malinois dogs were found crammed into a Queens apartment — now, their alleged keeper faces nearly 100 criminal charges

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Isaac Yadgarov, 37, turned himself in on May 13 and was arraigned on 96 misdemeanor charges for animal neglect and failure to provide proper sustenance, according to a statement from Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

 

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hope the surviving dogs get adopted into amazing homes and are able to heal from their trauma

 

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District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant is accused of hoarding 48 Belgian Malinois in a cramped and filthy apartment filled with the animals’ excrement. At least three of the dogs were too sick to be saved and had to be humanely euthanized due to neglect. We must do better for the animals of this borough. I thank our partners at the ASPCA, Animal Care Centers of NYC and the NYPD for assisting in this investigation and helping to relocate the dogs to appropriate facilities.”
QUEENS MAN ARRAIGNED ON ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES FOR KEEPING 48 DOGS IN CRAMPED FOREST HILLS APARTMENT - OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY QUEENS COUNTY

“We all assumed there were two or three dogs in there, we would never have imagined that they were that many, we never saw them ever, anywhere,” he said.

“It seems like a hell hole,” the neighbor added. “They never saw the light of day, because we would know if they were walked.”
NYC hoarder facing 1 year behind bars for keeping 48 dogs in filthy, cramped ‘hell hole’: prosecutors

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