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A Long Island animal protection group announced a $2,000 award Saturday for information on a suspected animal sacrifice in Middle Island.
A man walking his dog near the entrance of Union Cemetery on Rt. 25 near Church Lane on Wednesday came upon a bag containing a beheaded chicken and chunks of coconut, the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said in a statement.
Suffolk County SPCA detectives responded to the cemetery and later found the skeletal remains of a goat’s head, candles and a variety of fruits and vegetables, the group said.
“These findings are indicative of animal sacrifice which involves the killing and offering of an animal as part of a religious ritual,” the organization wrote in a statement.
The discovery came after a string of similar findings in October and August this year.
On October 17, Suffolk County SPCA detectives discovered the remains of a decapitated chicken, a black rooster and a white dove placed in a circular pattern inside Union Cemetery.
In August, detectives found two decapitated chickens in front of a headstone at Old Baptist Cemetery in Coram, according to Roy Gross, Chief of the Suffolk County SPCA.
No arrests have been made.
The nonprofit group called the findings “a barbaric act of animal cruelty.” Anyone with information regarding the mutilated animals is urged to call the Suffolk County SCPA at 631-382-7722.
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Emma Seiwell
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