NY man barred from owning pets for life after beating chihuahua named Pup-Pup to death

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NY man barred from owning pets for life after beating chihuahua named Pup-Pup to death
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Video shows moment stranger kicks an Upper West Side resident's 5-pound chihuahua

A Long Island man was sentenced to prison and barred from ever owning a pet after he admitted to beating his aunt’s chihuahua to death, prosecutors said Monday.

Minichello had been left alone with a perfectly healthy Pup-Pup at his West Islip home while his mother and aunt were at work that day, prosecutors said.Office of the Suffolk County District Attorney Pup-Pup was rushed to a veterinarian, where it was determined he’d suffered broken ribs, blunt force trauma to the head and torso, and had sustained a penetrating wound on an elbow.

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