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Westchester Veterinarian Arrested For Punching, Kicking Animals, Police Say Westchester Veterinarian Arrested For Punching, Kicking Animals, Police Say
Westchester Veterinarian Arrested For Punching, Kicking Animals, Police Say A veterinarian in the region is accused of physically abusing numerous animals that were entrusted in his care. Javier Diaz, age 46, was arrested Thursday, April 28, following an investigation by SPCA Westchester and the Westchester County DA’s office. The abuse allegedly occurred on six occasions in April 2022 at Main Street Animal Hospital, a clinic owned by Diaz in the village of Elmsford, in the town of Greenburgh. Investigators with SPCA Westchester’s Humane Law Enforcement Unit (HLE) said on one occasion Diaz struck a two-month-old kitten on the head with nail clippers and then jamm…

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by Michael Mashburn