MIAMI BEACH, Fla. \u2014 A pack of wild dogs has been terrorizing a Miami Beach neighborhood for several months.<\/p>\n
Three cats have allegedly been killed by the roaming group. <\/p>\n
\u201cI have seen as many as six together at one time and running wildly as a pack,\u201d said resident Tom Harrington. \u201cThey don\u2019t have collars, they seem feral.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody knows where they came from, but the group of wild dogs has been roaming the Normandy Isles for the last six months.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have seen the same dogs since January, so it\u2019s puzzling as to whether they have been dumped or they\u2019re from a neighbor, we just don\u2019t know,\u201d said resident Nancy Harrington. <\/p>\n
The streets of South Florida are filled with dumped dogs and uncared for cats, and most of those homeless animals are not sterilized, meaning more babies being born on the streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, we need to focus on getting these dangerous dogs off the street,\u201d said Miami Beach Commissioner Tanya K. Bhatt. \u201cSometimes dogs are dangerous because they are scared and hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bhatt was called in to help with the situation. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s heartbreaking that they are damaging and killing cats,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Neighbors have reported three different cats were killed.<\/p>\n
\u201cA cat was mauled and dismembered a block away, a pet,\u201d said Nancy Harrington. <\/p>\n
The first cat killed was on March 29, a pet named Silvie. <\/p>\n
His owner was too distraught to speak to Local 10 News, but texted saying, \u201cThe violent way he was taken from us has been absolutely devastating. Our hearts are broken.\u201d<\/p>\n
This month, there were two more feline deaths. <\/p>\n
\u201cThose same dogs roaming the neighborhood from 11:30 (at night) until 4 and 5 in the morning, at which point they killed and dragged an elderly 18-year-old cat,\u201d said Nancy Harrington. <\/p>\n
Two pet cats and one community cat named Lucy are all dead due to unchecked feral animals fighting for survival.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou must help us trap the loose animals so that they can be spayed because it is unsafe for everybody, for the animals themselves, for residents, for visitors,\u201d said Bhatt. <\/p>\n
Some of the Normandy neighbors joined forces, successfully catching two of the dogs on June 7 after trapping them inside a construction site until animal control could arrive. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe picked up two of the dogs that have been spotted roaming around this neighborhood and they are now in our custody,\u201d said Gabriella Dominguez with Miami-Dade Animal Services. <\/p>\n
The dogs are being held while MDAS conducts their investigation and sets traps to catch the other four dogs in the pack.<\/p>\n
Those still-wild dogs seem to roam when it\u2019s cooler and quieter outside which has residents with cats and small dogs concerned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey reached out to me because they were concerned that cats were being killed and we have so many animal lovers in our community which raises a bigger issue, what if it was a child?,\u201d said Miami Beach Cat Program Coordinator Holly Whalen. <\/p>\n
Anyone who sees the dogs featured in this story is urged to call 311 for help from animal services, but, if it is an emergency, always call the police.<\/p>\n
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