Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Tortured Goat Found In Prospect Park - WARNING: Graphic Images!!


(above) A Decapitated Goat Head In Prospect Park was found two days after the body (below).
The head was lying on the sidewalk behind a tree opposite the parade grounds with two dishes nearby. Both plates were covered in wax, and also had pieces of a green leaf and other food scraps on them — raising the probability that the tortured animal was part of a Santeria offering.
(Photos: Stephen Brown/Community Newspaper Group)




Brooklyn

Two days after the gutted carcass and the entrails of an unidentifiable decapitated animal turned up in the park, the head, covered in orange wax, was discovered roughly 100 feet away on Parkside Avenue on Thursday, according to the Brooklyn Paper.

“I was walking my dog, sending texts on my Blackberry, and then I saw it,” said Alex Gurevich, who also first spotted the carcass on two days before. “I thought, ‘Man, is that the head?’ It’s gross.”

The head was lying on the sidewalk behind a tree opposite the parade grounds with two dishes were nearby. Both plates were covered in wax, and also had pieces of a green leaf and other food scraps on them — raising the probability that the wretched creature was part of a Santeria offering.

Along with the wax, the goat head also had an ornamental dressing on its forehead. The goat did not appear to have died in a great deal of pain, as it still wore a crooked smile despite missing its legs and vital organs.

Park spokesman Eugene Patron said that he would dispatch an employee to do the grim work of gathering the goat remains. Before the goat’s head was discovered, Patron was not too concerned about the appearance of the animal’s carcass in Brooklyn’s spiritual heart.

“It’s illegal dumping,” he said. “That’s pretty much it.”

Read More:

You old goat! Head found near site of carcass in Prospect Park
The Brooklyn Paper - October 26, 2010 - By Stephen Brown

Oh, deer! Another dead animal shows up in Prospect Park
The Brooklyn Paper - October 20, 2010- By Stephen Brown

1 comment:

  1. Mr Croft,

    Thank you for reporting on this story and for revealing the crass way this unfortunate situation was handled by Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Paper.
    I'll be contacting both to voice my disappointment and to demand that Prospect Park takes greater accountability and responsibility for animal issues. After the gassing of Prospect Park's geese, one would think there would be some semblence of sensitivity towards this kind of gruesome discovery.

    Edita Birnkrant
    NY Director
    Friends of Animals

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