After finding 9 puppies and a mother inside of a park that was once a golf course, a Stockton resident says the area has become a dumping ground for animals. “The same way they’re neglecting our unhoused humans is the same way they’re neglecting our unhoused animals,” they said.
KIMBERLY CRUZ HAS DETAILS TONIGHT. >> KATHY HAS BEEN KNOWS IS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF SEVERAL DOGS. JURORS ROAMING FREELY AT THIS POINT. SHE SAID SHE’S REACHED OUT TO THE SOFT AN ANIMAL SHELTER AND CITY OFFICIALS,
INCLUDING THE MAYOR. AND SHE’S BEEN TOLD TO JUST SIMPLY WALK AWAY. >> IT WAS THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. I WAS DRIVING TO THE GROCERY STORE, 2 WOMEN STANDING BY THE GATE THERE. I SEEN A BUNCH OF LITTLE WHITE MARKERS IN THE GRASS AREA
PULLED OVER. IT WAS 9 PUPPIES AND A >> THIS VIDEO SHARED BY ESPINOSA SHOWS SEVERAL DOGS INSIDE THE VAN BUSKIRK PARK. I WAS TOLD BY THE WOMAN THAT THEY HAD BEEN HERE SINCE OCTOBER. >> AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN
CALLING THE SHELTER AND TODAY IS DECEMBER 20TH AND THEY’RE STILL THERE. THE PARK WAS PREVIOUSLY A GOLF COURSE THAT WAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED DOWN MORE THAN 3 YEARS AGO. AND NOW HAS SAYS IT’S BECOMING A DUMPING GROUND FOR ANIMALS. >> DESPITE HER EFFORTS TO GET
THE CITY’S ATTENTION ON MY CONCERN IS THAT THE CITY OF STOCKTON COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MAYOR’S OFFICE IS THE SAME WAY THEY’RE NEGLECTING OUR IN-HOUSE HUMANS. I FEEL LIKE THEY’RE NEGLECTING OUR UNHOUSED ANIMALS. IT’S SAYS SHE’S BEEN TOLD TO SIMPLY WALK
AWAY IF THE DOGS ARE AGGRESSIVE. SO IT’S JUST, YOU I’M WHEN THEY TELL ME TO WALK AWAY. I’M NOT THE KIND OF PERSON THAT WALKS AWAY IF THE DOGS BECOME ANY MORE FARRELL, WHAT WHAT’S WHAT IN THE LIABILITIES OF THAT? THE
LIABILITIES TO THE DOGS, THE LIABILITIES TO THE PEOPLE TO KIDS >> THERE WAS A CASE NOT RECENTLY WHERE A WOMAN WAS ATTACKED BY DOGS BECAUSE THEY’RE BEING ALLOWED TO BE FREE ROAM FREELY. FOX 40 REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF
STOCKTON AND WE WERE TOLD ANIMAL SERVICES WAS A DIVISION OF THE STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AN EMAILED STATEMENT TO FOX 40, A STOCKTON PD SPOKESPERSON SAID, QUOTE, ANIMAL SERVICES WILL RESPONDING. CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THE DOGS AS TIME PERMITS
CALLS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER ARE PRIORITIZE, WERE SICK, INJURED. AN AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL CALLS ARE HIGHER PRIORITY. THESE DOGS ARE FERAL. >> THERE’S RISK THERE. LOOK HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE CLOSE TO A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THERE CLOSE TO
>> HOMES OVER HERE ON WEDNESDAY, FOX 40 DROVE BY THE VAN BUSKIRK PARK IN SAW 3 OF THE DOGS OUT EVEN IN THE RAIN. SAYS IT’S A CRY, SAYS SHE HOPES IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY BEFORE THE DOGS OR PEOPLE GET HURT.
>> AND THAT SAME EMAILED STATEMENT TO FOX 40 STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON TELLS US THAT THEY RECEIVE CAUSE ABOUT THE DOGS IN OCTOBER. WHEN THEY CAME THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THEM.
