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Sicko dumps puppy in coyote country, drives off

Nypost · · 295 words · By Bianca Zalben
Public Outrage Animal Cruelty Legal Violations
open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/13/us-news/man-caught-on-camera-tossing-puppy-over-ga…

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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Mission Viejo Animal Services Center released the shocking surveillance today of the April 10 incident”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center released surveillance footage of an incident occurring on April 10.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lee Judah Ames (January 8, 1921 – June 3, 2011) was an American artist noted for his Draw 50... learn-to-draw books. He was born in Manhattan, New York. His first job at age eighteen was at Walt Disne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_J._Ames
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saddleback Valley refers to the flat and foothill areas west-southwest of the Saddleback double peak of the Santa Ana Mountains and east-northeast of the hilly Crystal Cove State Park in southern Oran…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddleback_Valley
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aliso Creek is a 19.8-mile (31.9 km)-long, mostly urban stream in south Orange County, California. Originating in the Cleveland National Forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, it flows generally southwest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso_Creek_(Orange_County)
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“The video shows a red sedan in front of the facility’s gate during off-hours, around 3:25 a.m.”
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Web search results mention a man in a red four-door vehicle at the center during early morning hours (one source specifies 4:30 a.m., another mentions the red vehicle). While the exact time '3:25 a.m.' isn't explicitly in the snippets, the red sedan and off-hours timing are corroborated across reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Feuerland (from 1929 to 2006 Penelope, in 1982 ARA Penelope while in Argentine service) is a two-masted ketch built in 1927 at the Krämer, Vagt and Beckmann shipyard in Büsum, Germany. It was commissi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of solved missing person cases in the 2020s.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the reg…
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“toss the tiny pooch through the cracks in the gate”
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Multiple sources describe a man tossing a puppy over the gate/fence of the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Machupicchu or Machupicchu Pueblo, also known as Aguas Calientes, is a location in Peru situated in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province. It is the seat of Machupicchu District. Machupicchu lies at the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguas_Calientes,_Peru
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aliso Creek is a 19.8-mile (31.9 km)-long, mostly urban stream in south Orange County, California. Originating in the Cleveland National Forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, it flows generally southwest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso_Creek_(Orange_County)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills community of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on September 8, 1797 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Fernando_Rey_de_Es…
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“Officials say the area is known as “coyote country,””
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The City of Mission Viejo's official site mentions reporting coyote encounters, and another source explicitly describes the area where the puppy was left as 'coyote-prone'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saddleback Valley refers to the flat and foothill areas west-southwest of the Saddleback double peak of the Santa Ana Mountains and east-northeast of the hilly Crystal Cove State Park in southern Oran…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddleback_Valley
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aliso Creek is a 19.8-mile (31.9 km)-long, mostly urban stream in south Orange County, California. Originating in the Cleveland National Forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, it flows generally southwest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso_Creek_(Orange_County)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills community of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on September 8, 1797 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Fernando_Rey_de_Es…
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“the shaken puppy wandered away and somehow made its way to a nearby veterinary urgent care clinic”
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NBC Los Angeles and other search results confirm the puppy made its way to an urgent animal care facility's front door.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aliso Creek is a 19.8-mile (31.9 km)-long, mostly urban stream in south Orange County, California. Originating in the Cleveland National Forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, it flows generally southwest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso_Creek_(Orange_County)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills community of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on September 8, 1797 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Fernando_Rey_de_Es…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saddleback Valley refers to the flat and foothill areas west-southwest of the Saddleback double peak of the Santa Ana Mountains and east-northeast of the hilly Crystal Cove State Park in southern Oran…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddleback_Valley
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“The pup is reportedly doing well and in the care of Mission Viejo Animal Services.”
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NBC Los Angeles and other sources confirm the puppy is being cared for by Mission Viejo Animal Services.
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web search NEUTRAL — Animal Shelters & Rescues. Petfinder Foundation.Mission Viejo Animal Services Center. 28095 Hillcrest.
https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/ca/mission-viejo/mission…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Mission Viejo Animal Services, the puppy managed to make its way to the urgent animal care facility’s front door.The puppy is currently being cared for by Mission Viejo Animal Services an…
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/video-man-abandons-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Mission Viejo Animal Services Center released the shocking surveillance today of the April 10 incident, hoping the public can help identify the man who treated a living creature like a bag of k…
https://nypost.com/2026/04/13/us-news/man-caught-on-camera-t…
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“Abandoning an animal is illegal under California law”
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Search results from the California legislature and legal information sites indicate that animal abandonment is illegal in the state of California.
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web search NEUTRAL — in the state of California, Walker's transgressions were illegal.
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web search NEUTRAL — California law generally considers a pet legally abandoned after 14 days from the agreed-upon pick-up date, assuming the owner has not made contact and payment arrangements. This allows the facility t…
https://enviroliteracy.org/is-animal-abandonment-a-felony-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — Animal abandonment laws cover the situation from a welfare angle. If you release a pet mouse into an environment where it will likely die of exposure, predation, or starvation within hours, some state…
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“Brynn Lavison is the Mission Viejo Animal Services Director”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of basketball statistics for the Phoenix Suns and contains no information regarding Brynn Lavison or the Mission Viejo Animal Services Director.
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web search NEUTRAL — Checkout the latest and historical year by year stats of Phoenix Suns along with the list of all time top 12 players and more on Basketball-Reference.com
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web search NEUTRAL — Checkout the latest Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats for 2024-25 on Basketball-Reference.com
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web search NEUTRAL — Get the list of all the Phoenix Suns Draft Picks in NBA in year by year format on Basketball-Reference.com
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