Pet shop owner facing 267 animal cruelty counts loses license in New Brunswick but still has store open in East Hanover NJ.
The owner of Just Pups is Vincent LoSacco.
LoSacco allegedly allowed healthy animals to be exposed to giardia, distemper, upper respiratory infections and other infectious diseases, according to the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in a previous report.
Officials previously said that several dogs had died after being purchased from Just Pups and that they discovered three dead dogs in a freezer at the store.
Police on Monday found 50 dogs being kept in crates in a cold van, authorities said.
Paramus Police Officers Daniel Derienzo and Matthew Lombardo found the 2002 Freightliner Sprinter parked in the rear lot of Just Pups on Route 17 while on regular patrol, Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said in a media release.
They heard crying and whining from inside and smelled urine and feces, Ehrenberg said. Derienzo and Lombardo looked inside and saw several small dogs.
The officers entered the van through an unlocked sliding door and found several small crates, each with two to four puppies and small dogs inside, Ehrenberg said. There were 50 dogs in all.
The temperature in the van was 38 degrees, while the outside temperature was 35 degrees. A space heater hooked up to a propane tank had done little to warm the van and there was no proper ventilation, Ehrenberg said.
The crates were too small for some of the dogs too stand up, Ehrenberg said. They contained no food and water, and some of the dogs were covered in feces.
The van was registered to the owner of Just Pups. Vincent LoSacco also owns Just Pups locations in Emerson, East Hanover and East Brunswick. The township council in East Brunswick voted last week to revoke the license of the Just Pups location there after LoSacco was charged with 267 counts of animal cruelty.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Animal Cruelty Task Force, Paramus Police and Paramus Health Department are investigating. The Paramus store has been closed in light of the inquiry.
Please help us revoke the license of Just Pups in East Hanover, NJ. Vincent LoSacco is clearly using a store front to make money from the sale of puppies from puppy mills. There are an estimated 15,000 puppy mills in the U.S. alone. In these mass-production factories, dogs are forced to produce litter after litter of puppies, supplying nearly 100 percent of the dogs sold in pet stores.Hundreds, sometimes thousands of dogs per facility live in overcrowded and unsanitary cages without sufficient food, water, grooming, socialization, or veterinary care and therefore they frequently suffer a multitude of social, emotional, and physical conditions, including genetic disorders and deformities.
*****American puppy mills produce millions of puppies every year while
millions of dogs that are put to death in shelters every year. When the
breeding dogs’ bodies can no longer maintain a high level of
productivity, they are destroyed. Puppy millers are no longer profiting
from these animals, so they dispose of them in the cheapest way
possible. They do it themselves, often on their property, by starving,
drowning, shooting, beating, or burying the dogs alive.
Many dogs at JUST PUPS are sold with the deadly diseases called giardia and kennel cough. Many dogs have also been sold with parasites growing inside of them. Many ill dogs are being sold at JUST PUPS and pending lawsuits are in the works. This in not a place to buy a pet. When you buy a dog here, you are paying an animal abuser to produce more dogs.
STOP ANIMAL ABUSE NOW and close down this store.
Just Pups is located at 325 NJ-10, East Hanover, NJ 07936.
Updates
April 8, 2016
I honestly cannot believe we hit one hundred signatures already because I was just sitting here feeling so frustrated by the whole situation and then my phone kept buzzing. It really means a lot that so many of you care about these poor dogs and I am just staring at the screen in shock right now.
Reached 2,500 supporters
April 8, 2016
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 6, 2016
Reached 100 supporters
April 6, 2016
April 4, 2016
I was just looking at the number and realized we are staring down the triple digits which honestly feels surreal because those poor dogs in the van had nobody looking out for them until now. We need to shove this over the top right now while people are actually paying attention to the local news reports because if we let the momentum die the store just keeps operating like nothing happened. Please get this link into a few more group chats or feed posts because the sooner we hit that milestone the sooner we can start putting real heat on the officials in East Hanover.
1,011 Comments
We pay top dollar for our puppy. first-time owners, and I couldn't believe I was sick our puppy was, for months after we picked him up. they led us to believe that all of the puppies come down with kennel cough. later we realized they did nothing to prevent this and it was very sad.
Thsee people should never be allowed contact with animals again, neither personally or professionally. Clearly they put their own Fina coal gain ahead of the health and wellness of these poor animals and the families he sells them to.
I am an investigator with the NJSPCA Humane Police and have been investigating his stores. The way the animals are treated and cared for is unacceptable and after the findings in his other stores I think his license should be taken away.
I went into this store once not realizing it was a "pet shop", which perpetuates puppy mills. The puppies did not seem in the best condition. I left and never went back. Now in regard to the latest charges I'm not surprised. Shut him down, please!
After purchasing a dog from this place we took him to the vet to find out he had giardia and an upper respiratory infection and just pups employees made it seem like we were overreacting when questioning them on their hygiene and care techniques.
Really People!?
End this cruel and heartless practice!!!
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Pet shop owner facing 267 animal cruelty counts loses license in New Brunswick but still has store open in East Hanover NJ.
The owner of Just Pups is Vincent LoSacco.
LoSacco allegedly allowed healthy animals to be exposed to giardia, distemper, upper respiratory infections and other infectious diseases, according to the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in a previous report.
Officials previously said that several dogs had died after being purchased from Just Pups and that they discovered three dead dogs in a freezer at the store.
Police on Monday found 50 dogs being kept in crates in a cold van, authorities said.
Paramus Police Officers Daniel Derienzo and Matthew Lombardo found the 2002 Freightliner Sprinter parked in the rear lot of Just Pups on Route 17 while on regular patrol, Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said in a media release.
They heard crying and whining from inside and smelled urine and feces, Ehrenberg said. Derienzo and Lombardo looked inside and saw several small dogs.
The officers entered the van through an unlocked sliding door and found several small crates, each with two to four puppies and small dogs inside, Ehrenberg said. There were 50 dogs in all.
The temperature in the van was 38 degrees, while the outside temperature was 35 degrees. A space heater hooked up to a propane tank had done little to warm the van and there was no proper ventilation, Ehrenberg said.
The crates were too small for some of the dogs too stand up, Ehrenberg said. They contained no food and water, and some of the dogs were covered in feces.
The van was registered to the owner of Just Pups. Vincent LoSacco also owns Just Pups locations in Emerson, East Hanover and East Brunswick. The township council in East Brunswick voted last week to revoke the license of the Just Pups location there after LoSacco was charged with 267 counts of animal cruelty.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Animal Cruelty Task Force, Paramus Police and Paramus Health Department are investigating. The Paramus store has been closed in light of the inquiry.
Please help us revoke the license of Just Pups in East Hanover, NJ. Vincent LoSacco is clearly using a store front to make money from the sale of puppies from puppy mills. There are an estimated 15,000 puppy mills in the U.S. alone. In these mass-production factories, dogs are forced to produce litter after litter of puppies, supplying nearly 100 percent of the dogs sold in pet stores.Hundreds, sometimes thousands of dogs per facility live in overcrowded and unsanitary cages without sufficient food, water, grooming, socialization, or veterinary care and therefore they frequently suffer a multitude of social, emotional, and physical conditions, including genetic disorders and deformities.
*****American puppy mills produce millions of puppies every year while
millions of dogs that are put to death in shelters every year. When the
breeding dogs’ bodies can no longer maintain a high level of
productivity, they are destroyed. Puppy millers are no longer profiting
from these animals, so they dispose of them in the cheapest way
possible. They do it themselves, often on their property, by starving,
drowning, shooting, beating, or burying the dogs alive.
Many dogs at JUST PUPS are sold with the deadly diseases called giardia and kennel cough. Many dogs have also been sold with parasites growing inside of them. Many ill dogs are being sold at JUST PUPS and pending lawsuits are in the works. This in not a place to buy a pet. When you buy a dog here, you are paying an animal abuser to produce more dogs.
STOP ANIMAL ABUSE NOW and close down this store.
Just Pups is located at 325 NJ-10, East Hanover, NJ 07936.
Updates
April 8, 2016
I honestly cannot believe we hit one hundred signatures already because I was just sitting here feeling so frustrated by the whole situation and then my phone kept buzzing. It really means a lot that so many of you care about these poor dogs and I am just staring at the screen in shock right now.
Reached 2,500 supporters
April 8, 2016
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 6, 2016
Reached 100 supporters
April 6, 2016
April 4, 2016
I was just looking at the number and realized we are staring down the triple digits which honestly feels surreal because those poor dogs in the van had nobody looking out for them until now. We need to shove this over the top right now while people are actually paying attention to the local news reports because if we let the momentum die the store just keeps operating like nothing happened. Please get this link into a few more group chats or feed posts because the sooner we hit that milestone the sooner we can start putting real heat on the officials in East Hanover.
1,011 Comments
I bought my puppy from the East Hannover store. After a day or so my baby girl was seriously sick. Took her to my vet and took me a month to get her better. When I asked the owner to pay my expenses he promised several times but never payed.
We pay top dollar for our puppy. first-time owners, and I couldn't believe I was sick our puppy was, for months after we picked him up. they led us to believe that all of the puppies come down with kennel cough. later we realized they did nothing to prevent this and it was very sad.
Thsee people should never be allowed contact with animals again, neither personally or professionally. Clearly they put their own Fina coal gain ahead of the health and wellness of these poor animals and the families he sells them to.
I am an investigator with the NJSPCA Humane Police and have been investigating his stores. The way the animals are treated and cared for is unacceptable and after the findings in his other stores I think his license should be taken away.
I went into this store once not realizing it was a "pet shop", which perpetuates puppy mills. The puppies did not seem in the best condition. I left and never went back. Now in regard to the latest charges I'm not surprised. Shut him down, please!
After purchasing a dog from this place we took him to the vet to find out he had giardia and an upper respiratory infection and just pups employees made it seem like we were overreacting when questioning them on their hygiene and care techniques.
Really People!?
End this cruel and heartless practice!!!
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I bought my puppy from the East Hannover store. After a day or so my baby girl was seriously sick. Took her to my vet and took me a month to get her better. When I asked the owner to pay my expenses he promised several times but never payed.