{"id":326891,"date":"2026-08-21T19:48:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326891\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:48:38","slug":"news-12-bronx-abandoned-dog-found-emaciated-tightly-bound-on-rooftop-of-morrisania-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326891\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Abandoned Dog Found Emaciated Tightly Bound On Rooftop Of Morrisania Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">An emaciated bulldog-type dog was found on the roof of a Morrisania building, according to the New York State Humane Association. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The dog was discovered tied to an exhaust vent with its front paws covered in socks and tightly bound with elastic hair bands.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The NYSHA exclusively told News 12 that it&#8217;s offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for abusing and abandoning the dog at 501 East 162nd St.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials say the dog was young and weighed just 38 pounds when he was rescued in March.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The binding created deep, bone-exposing wounds on the dog&#8217;s paws, which became extremely infected, the NYSHA says.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Anyone with information is urged to contact the Bronx District Attorney&#8217;s Civilian Complaint Unit at 718 838-2300. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Calls are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/blurred_dog_photo_2.jpg\"   alt=\"blurred_dog_photo_2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An emaciated bulldog-type dog was found on the roof of a Morrisania building, according to the New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-326891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326891","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=326891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}