A heartbroken owner has filed a $3 million lawsuit against a Bronx dog boarding facility and its owner after his dog trampled over a chunk of carpet while on guard duty.
Bronx resident Kevin Gaines killed three dogs, including 6-year-old Kona, at Bronx Barks in Mott Haven in March before leaving for a four-day trip to Florida to celebrate his birthday, according to the Bronx Supreme Court. I rode along with my Labrador retriever. record.
According to court records, Gaines was preparing to return to the Big Apple from Fort Lauderdale when Renzo Pereda, one of Bronx Barks' owners, called Gaines “hysterical” from an animal emergency room in Manhattan. Kona was reportedly “unresponsive” and was reportedly crying. . The veterinarian immediately informed Gaines that Kona had died.
According to court records, Pereda told Gaines that Kona ate the blanket and “seemed okay,” but later during a walk, she coughed up blood and collapsed.
But Pereda and co-owner Stephen Toledo hid the fact that Kona had been eating fabric “hours before” she started vomiting, “covering up” veterinarians' negligence and It is said that the diagnosis and treatment abilities of patients have been impaired. read.
An autopsy revealed that Kona did not eat the blanket, but instead ate about a foot long piece of carpet, which caused a blockage in his intestines, according to the complaint.
Gaines said he will sue to change the way Bronx Barks and other pet day care centers operate.
“Daycares are still operating and functioning as if nothing happened,” he told the Post. “I'm ready to tell Kona's story so something like this never happens again.”
Attorneys for Bronx Berks and its owners did not respond to requests for comment.
