They refer case after case to the police or to the Administration for Children's Services. The cruelty suffered by animals at the hands of their owners is not always intentional. There's the old lady named Vera, for instance, who shares her Staten Island house with dozens of cats. When Lucas checks out the scene, she finds cats riddled with eye infections and other ailments. Flies buzz around the crusty fried eggs Vera has laid out for her pets.
Every day is unpredictable, says Lucas.
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