{"id":140840,"date":"2026-02-21T08:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140840\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:08:08","slug":"after-a-tragedy-one-bronx-dog-owner-fights-to-give-mott-haven-dogs-a-safe-place-to-run-new-york-city-news-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140840\/","title":{"rendered":"After a Tragedy, One Bronx Dog Owner Fights to Give Mott Haven Dogs a Safe Place to Run \u2013 New York City News Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The freedom to sprint and chase \u2014 these moments spent running wild at a dog park are often the best part of the day for a dog living in an urban jungle.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s exactly what Jonas Silva hoped to give his five-month-old puppy, McCoy, when he let him off-leash for the first time in Pulaski Park in November 2024, in the southern part of Mott Haven, five minutes from his apartment. \u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Silva wanted McCoy to\u00a0 burn off some energy, but instead the puppy bolted onto the street. Moments later, Silva found McCoy lying there after a car crashed into him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was limping, screaming. And I see he had blood coming out of his face,\u201d Silva recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being rushed to the vet immediately, McCoy died from his injuries that same day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bxtimes.com\/dog-owner-fights-to-give-mott-haven-dogs-safe-place-to-run\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story on the Bronx Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The freedom to sprint and chase \u2014 these moments spent running wild at a dog park are often&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-140840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}