Andrea Rosebrock 
An Overlook, PA man, David Nigro, 19, is under arrested and charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty as well as drug and weapon charges after authorities were called to a home in the 900 block of Wynnewood Road about a dead dog.
Police found 18 pitbulls including puppies, one dead pitbull that had apparently been killed by its cage mates as well as drugs and guns that included assault weapons and ammo.
“In these cages, there are just dirt floors literally covered in inches of feces and urine. Ans the dogs are covered in feces and urine. Covered in parasites, ticks, and fleas,” says George Bengal, director of investigations at the Pennsylvania SPCA.
Nigro has not yet been charged with dogfighting but an initial look at the seized dogs, which were taken to the Pennsylvania SPCA shelter shows they carry scars and wound consistent with dogfighting.
“However, we already know that many of the dogs were badly scarred and had wounds consistent with dog fighting, which indicates that they’d been used for fighting at some point,” PSPCA officials report and add that if it is determined that these dog were used for dogfighting, there may be additional charges.
As a back yard breeder of pitbulls and trainer of dogfighters, it is believed that Nigro could get $500-700 for each of the puppies.
Dog fighting a 3rd Degree Felony and those found guilty face a maximum of 7 years in jail and a maximum fine of $15,000.
This is more scum that needs to be taken off the streets and kept off them. Just 19 years old, guns, drugs, dogfighting! This is one piece of trash whose crimes will only escalate in the future. We have no productive member of society here. Sadly, you can almost bet that the majority of those dogs, probably all the adults, will be euthanized if it’s determined they were used for dogfighting. Few agencies have the funds to rehabilitate so that will be more death and blood on Nigro’s hand and you can be sure he doesn’t give a damn. It’s all money to him, that’s all he’ll care about. Rot in hell you little bastard!
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Sadly, the babies might be euthanized too, since they may have been bred to be fighters. Not even given a chance.
Sorry POS. Hopefully he was already on probation for some other offence and will be sentenced for violation of probation as well. Needs to be off the streets and away from dogs, for certain.
We can only hope that the babies are spared. I don’t hold out much hope for the adults even though it has been shown that many of these fighting dogs can be rehabbed, resources are seldom available. And as difficult as it is to say, a humane euthanization is most likely preferable to the cruel and torturous lives they led previously. I wish that all could be saved… but reality intrudes so painfully sometimes.
D.
Hopefully he will catch a bullet from one of his own kind
Fortunately, you can’t breed “fighting” into a dog. If the puppies are not spared, you can be sure it’s for a different reason, although I’d be interested to hear what that could be!
As for this dirtbag, a bullet would be far too kind.
I hope the adults are evaluated and some are probably fine. It’s so unfair that all these dogs want is to be part of a family, and yet they are stuck with these bad people who make them suffer. Hey, the Humane Society of the United States website has an anti-dog fighting package that you can order for free – it has posters, stickers, and pamphlets – the posters are nice and big and say $5,000 REWARD – REPORT DOGFIGHTING (stickers say that too), and the and pamphlets say Dogfighting Hurts…I ordered it probably less than a week ago and received it already. I guess I need to be careful with who sees me put them up, but if it helps stop one operation, it’s worth it!
Why am I not surprised, 19 and involved in gangster activity , I guess Mom and Dad did not notice . I do not believe Mr Nigro could not hold down a job with his mental capacity of a peanut .What a future , he wants to be like Mike .This story of dog fighting is so common , I just do not get it. What kind of human waste is this ?
I can only pray that the adults are checked out completely before being destroyed and hopefully spared from such an ending to their lives. The puppies should be put up for adoption. This is not genetic! This is a “TRAINED” trait in dogs….trained! No dog wants to be a fighter….they are absolute lovers and just want to please.
Please hear me out. For a period of 2 years I have been privately investigating a large number of PSPCA (pit-bull) cases and THIS case is my missing link / smoking gun. I’m now putting all my information into a report that will likely take a month to complete on False Charges being brought against pit bull owners / backyard breeders. I have personally meet Mr.Nigro on multiple occasions and saw his dog’s kennels/home, I’m not talking about months or years ago. I’m talking weeks! To my Knowledge, I knew nothing about guns or drugs, I am local pit-bull owner myself and Mr. Nigro is a respected breeder in the Philadelphia area. A mutual friend owns two dogs from Mr. Nigro and though they do show signs of animal aggression toward outside the pack dogs (common among unneutered males). I saw NO sign of fighting, when recently viewing his dogs. The condition of the kennel was certainly not covered in feces as stated in multiple articles. Mr. Nigro had told me that a couple of his dogs did get loose and did fight (could happen to anyone of us, I had an APBT that was attacked by a stray while I was walking him) explaining the SMALL number of scares on ONLY two of his dogs. If you look at the photos taken by the different news channels, you will see (like the photo above) NO scares. I now believe that since BSL is not in the Philadelphia region, organizations like PSPCA are pushing a different way of stopping the breeding of the American Pit Bull Terrier. This is not the first time I heard stories from other APBT owners that the breeder they got their dog from what was a “Dog Fighting Ring” according to the PSPCA, when in fact was the completely different story. But, because I had no hard evidence I could only dismiss the theory. Sadly, like other government offices I studied in college, the law is there to further a hidden agenda (like the Federal Reserve). I truly love the APBT for its unconditional love it has shown me and that it was the first dog in the White House. I hope false and real claims’ of abuse don’t damage the reputation of the nanny dog anymore then has already been done, it is only a matter of time that individuals will call for a complete band of the breed I love. A dog that wants to lick you not bite you and will work hard for food. Thanks
It’s not what these news stations are saying; it’s what they are not saying.
I have a fighting pitbull, I saved her from getting killed for what someone had trained her to do. Her name Shebly and she is a rednose pitbull. She love’s humens but hate animuls. I got her cause I knew the dog when she was a puppie and I could not see her die because of what her 1st owner done to her, All I have to say is STOP killing this dog’s putting the dog to sleep is not going to stop the problum Putting the man or women be hind bars is what’s going to stop it, Yall kill 1,000,000 of pitbull each year cause they are doing what they are trained to do. It’s not the dog’s falt is the humn’s falt
we are so glad that people out there care enough to shut stupid stuff like this down these people that do things like this have no heart they are horrible people and we all need to stand up for our furry friends