and find out where animals at pennsylvania spca come from. plus, more on a new anti- tethering law.nimal advocate, carol ericson here, when "eyewitness news" continues. >>> 75:12, time for the cbs-3 pet project with carol erickson and special, carol, three special guests, today. >> yes. >> thanks for having us. >> the director of public relations, and she's just phenominal asset here at the s pca. not only do you do so much, but you also bring the pet in every sunday. and who is our little guy today? >> yes, this is jerry. one of my absolute favorites at the shelter, yes, i have the pleasure of being on air today, so i had to get up extra early to make sure i was camera ready. but jerry joins us today, one of our favorites at the shelter, three years old. >> so he came in through humane law, a lot of animals come in there. so people understands, where are the dogs and cats coming from in the pennsylvania spc a and available for adoption. >> of course our number one i would say the animals we rescue from humane law enforcement like jerry here, and his brother ben is there, as well. w

know that dustin five-year old male domestic short haired cat, nervous at first meeting but pennsylvania spca where all these animals are say it is absolutely, the time of the year to go down, and get involved and if you are a loving, kind person head to the pennsylvania spca adopt an animal. hero owe. >> second week in the row dogs love me. >> migrate. >> i will see if we can find out which hand it is in, it is one of the things you can do with the scent training and your dog will pay more attention then the stressful situation. >> connor is a great dog available for adoption two years old and basset hound mix , pennsylvania spca. >> thanks, carroll. >>> go adopt if you can find a good home. >>> still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" how social media helped a man find a family of the dog that went missing during hurricane harvey. >>> plus get a taste of england without, having to cross the pond. he is heading to south jersey for a story behind a popular spot for fish and chips, and round two of the beautiful weather to round out weekend matt peterson back with the forecast. >>> as you have b

coy eat a hotdog in honor of the pennsylvania spca?t is 50%, sue, usually when you go out, have these eat out things, 15, 20%, so that's huge. >> proceeds today only. >> yes. >> nicely done. >> a win-win. >> i like those sales, pants half off. >> that's a whole another thing. >> all right, 6:48. couple got married, they go through the pictures realize they have two uninvited guests that dance the night away, drank their booze, ate their food, and snapped a picture to slow it off. >> so going through their wedding photos, happened to be a poloroid they left on each of the tables, i see that at weddings sometimes. neither one of them knows these people. >> no. and they include in the with this note right there. then they talk about, sorry for crashing their wedding, sent the poloroid in. did give them a dollar as a gift, but for luck. >> a buck for luck. >> it is kind of fun. >> i something that rhymes with that. >> way up there in jersey, and on their honeymoon now down in the keys, but would love to find out who this couple is. they se

this is cooper a nine month-old hunt mix puppy coming to the pennsylvania spca as a stray.o you love that little tail. friendly, exuberant, social. he is a puppy. hey these are the rules of the road. but, he is i great dog. then cotter is young adult labrador retriever mix, bit shy but he is also wonderful, and if you have got a great home with some nice responsible kid to bring them n october is a male one year-old domestic short haircut, lived in the home most of his life and recently return. owners could not care for him. and check he is i a seven year-old domestic short hair cat who return to the shelter in search for a wonderful family. apparently i will ab cooperat ing another dog because i see that my dog marvin has moved over to the other side of the couch. >> he is sitting closer to me. >> i am. >> you can see why you took him home right away, this is a pspca erie avenue headquarters 10 to 5:00 on weekend and one to eight during workweek. carroll just get it in your head right now. >> he is going home with you. >> yes. >> and, appreciate it, as always. that is it f

and, more than that, you volunteer and have for a long time at pennsylvania spca, and why do you do itd my number one question is and so many other peoples number one question is don't you go in there and just it is like so hard to see these eyes and get home again, how do you do it. >> when i first started 10 years ago it was definitely a struggle getting over that hump of these poor sweet faces in the cage but if you go a few times and see that dog light up when they see you, i'm like doing the right thing this is amazing. i'm so happy i'm here. this is what i'm doing. >> you had a good question. >> when i see this i think how do i volunteer, is it an easy process, can i walk in or something i have to do on line first. >> there is a lincoln our web site for new volunteers, send us an e-mail, volunteer coordinator gets back and we set up, like a structure way to start walking dogs, handling dogs. >> and they want to go in and volume they are with dogs. so you can just volunteer with cats and we will talk about that in a second. you think maybe i won't be able to control the dogs. i do

. >> reporter: nicole wilson directs humane law enforcement for pennsylvania spca. wilson say she regularly seed crimes begins urban wild life. >> whenever there is a situation with wild animal trying to adapt to their surroundings and clash between people and wild animals often times the animals are subject to cruelty. >> reporter: acosta hopes people will see this pigeon and think twice before seeing and harming any animals. >> just to hurt it willfully, you know, put tonight such distress, it is pretty sad. >> reporter: local spca has a hot line number to call if you observe any animal cruelty. we have that information at cbs philly.com. live from south philadelphia, henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> henry, thank you. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" a reason to reach for the bug spray. >> reporter: if you have been outside you have likely been bitten by a mosquito i'm greg argos in west philadelphia with why experts say there has been a huge increase in those pesky bugs. >>> you probably have been using nickname for years but we will tell you w

they also stuck a cigarette in its mouth and the video was shared on snapchat and now the pennsylvania spca the case. that's because a tipster believes the cruelty case took place in northeast philadelphia. philadelphia's high tech police helicopter whoaed the crowd as it came down for a special landing at snyder plaza in south philadelphia. the chopper's appearance was the main attraction for national night out here. it is an annual community building program to connect police officers with the people they serve. not to be outdone with the philly phanatic put on a show to entertain the youngsters and back to bases by the camdon community some of the youngest trained like a police officer and tried on some of their gear. firefighters even demonstrated what it takes to fight back flames. still to come on action news tonight late developmenst and the man with the hat and hit target stars and brush up before bed the risk of gum disease in other parts of their body cecily. >> back in the 90s the high 91 four degrees above normal the heat wave and we will have more on the accuweather forecast. >

. >> the pennsylvania spca is investigating a strange case of animal abuse.n alligator. a snapchat video surfaced showing a group of men forcing the young gator to drink alcohol. they also stuck a cigarette in its mouth. this is completely and totally inappropriate and wrong. a tipster believes the cruelty case took place in northeast philadelphia but so far the people in the video have not yet been identified. >>> new jersey senator cory booker trough diving legislation to legalize marijuana nationwide part of a new racial justice bill. booker announced his message on facebook live. he says the federal marijuana prohibition unfairly affects minorities and the poor. >>> next and new at 6:00 a.m. a consumer alert about a fashion forward iphone case. turns out it can leave you with some chemical burns. >> new in our next half hour why a small town food fair halfway across the country wants to force a pennsylvania festival to change its name. >> ♪ ♪ it's go time at dunkin' with two egg and cheese wake-up wraps for $2. enjoy two freshly made oven-toasted wraps an

. >> the pennsylvania spca is investigating this bizarre case of animal abuse.n forcing a young alligator to drink alcohol. they also stuck a cigarette in its mouth. tipster believes the cruelty took place in northeast philadelphia. >> police in bucks and montgomery counties looking for a thief stealing baby formula h take a look at these surveillance video of the the thief hit a target store on rockhill drive in bensalem sunday. the next day he struck the target store on upper mill road in providence township. some might feel sorry if he was taking the formula perhaps to feed his child but police say this kind of crime is actually drug related. >> i don't think it's an innocent guy stealing baby formula for his baby. >> we're finding out now they're using sim lack, it's a safe item to cut drugs with. >> surveillance pictures show the man wearing a dallas cowboys hat in both incidents. he fled in a red ford ranger pickup. >> when there's a mess in the kitchen you probably grab a sponge. in health check we'll tell you why it's probably a bad idea. >> a death inve

. >> reporter: other organizations are ready to help too, pennsylvania spca says it has sheltered animals from disasters before and says it could be called upon again to help animals who need shelter. e officers are helpinget that those affected in texas. we also check in with a red cross of new jersey, they say they have 12 volunteers, helping, in texas, red cross officials encouraged people to donate money, or their time, if they would like to help. reporting live from center city, trish hartman for channel six "action news", walter. >> thanks, trish for that report. >>> most severe weather has moved on people live along the storm's path are dealing with what remains behind, specifically, quite a mess. meteorologist karen rodgers here now with more on harvey's impact, karen. >> hurricane harvey made land fall as a category four the strong toes hit texas since 1961. now a tropical storm but look at this image. you can still see what looks like an eye, center of the storm, no longer an eye because it is a tropical storm but look the at convection we are seeing with this as well. you can s

. >> reporter: other organizations are ready to help, too, pennsylvania spca said it sheltered animalsrom disasters before and could be called upon to help. we checked in with the red cross of new jersey they have 12 volunteers assisting people in texas. red cross is asking people to donate time or money to help. trish hartman channel 6 "action news." >> 7:36 a.m., it was a close call for ems crews in west philadelphia they found themselves caught in crossfire as they rushed a patient to the hospital. annie mccormick has the details. >> reporter: emergency responders in the city of philadelphia say situations like this don't happen all the time, but they are not rare. in this case the first responders and the patient were not hurt, the first responders went back to work the very same night. >> if the attendant was sitting in there, they would have been missed by mere inches. >> reporter: a trustee of local 22 firefighters union is talking about the bullet hole you can see in this picture. the stray bullet pierced medic 40 before 10:00 p.m. friday night with an paramedic and emt in the

. >>> 50% of sales at area chipotle locations when to the pennsylvania spca today the location in winfieldts on city avenue was one of 62 stores taking part. they mentioned the fundraiser to have their donation made and the spca celebrating the 150th anniversary this year. they do great work. >>> well, young summer workers this philadelphia celebrated their charity challenge fundraising effort. five charities were presented a check. they raised $10,000 to distribute to folks in need and this is part of their program. it's managed by the young network for the skills gap for young people. >>> and look who is back -- jaime apody she is back from vacation. no maternity leave. >> hey! >> that is no vacation. >> how is braden doing? >> fantastic, the most mellow guy. sleeping already through the night. >> at 7 weeks. you look great and in time for the eagles preseason game. >> the eagles are back and so am i, for the first time since new year's day the eagles play a preseason game. our jeff skversky is with the birds in green bay but dealing with some awful weather now at lambeau field so we can

if you'd lick to learn more about these and other friends available at pennsylvania spca, they wouldvided forever home to we'd love to see your pictures. share them with me on facebook, instagram or twitter. ♪ >>> there's look out in philadelphia. lots of sunshine. no sunshine in east texas where they are continuing to deal with the impacts of tropical storm harvey. now thinking houston kind of under the gun today because they are just streaming in all of that moisture so it's getting hit very hard right now with heavy rain and you can just see it training in more and more unfortunately hearing a lot of reports on social media like facebook and twitter from some meteorologists that i know down there. it's getting really bad in houston. the flooding is just continuing to get worse and worse which is why all the way from hazy, hot and humid lake charles back into houston we're talking flash flooding concerns that does extent all the way through corpus christi, san antonio but they also have some wind tropical storm warning in place as well. back here no effects from tropical storm harv

. >>> the pennsylvania spca is investigating a disturbing video of animal cruelty that was sent to us by a fox 29 viewers. i had shows group of guys abusing two small alligators, several clips posted on social media those alcohol being forced down one of the gators throat, another one where a lit cigarette, is shoved in its mouth. fox 29 has learned that the video came from a home in bustleton that is owned by a philadelphia police detective. we showed video to the spca who has already launched an animal abuse investigation. >> it happened too often. >> just for show. >> just for show. >> this is an ongoing investigation, and investigators with the spca, say that they will track down the men in the video, they say both owner of the alligators and those who took part in the video could face misdemeanor charges of animal abuse. >>> sad news in the philadelphia broadcasting world, legendary newscaster alan stone passed away. stone was a broadcast for for three decade at wfil famous 56 and induct in the member of the broadcast pioneers in philadelphia, 10 years ago. he was 91. fios is not

don't forget every sunday morning the cbs-3 pet project with the pennsylvania spca and pet advocate carroll erickson airs right here on cbs-3. i have a feeling carroll will be celebrating with marvin today. >> i'm sure, my favorite. >> so cute. >> sheds every where. >> that is okay, don't tell carroll that we still love them, we still love them. >>> great day to day, and tomorrow, get out and energy. >> have a great day, everyone. but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it! just kind of ties in very well. politicians playing gameston while south jersey gets short changed? then vote fran grenier. think it's time we had a regular guy, not a lifelong politician? that's fran grenier. looking for a fighter to take on the tax hikes and job killing regulations? elect fran grenier. want a leader who'll actually stand up for south jersey schools and communities? if you answered yes to any of these questions, there's only one way: fran gr

. >> reporter: pennsylvania spca said it hassle sheltered vehicles from disaster before and could bealled upon to help animals that need shelter. >> reporter: red cross new jersey have 12 volunteers assisting people in texas. reporting in center city, trish hartman channel 6 "action news." >> it was a close call for an ambulance crew in west philadelphia as they were transporting a patient to the hospital they got caught in crossfire and bullet struck their vehicle. "action news" reporter, annie mccormick has the details. >> reporter: emergency responders in the city of philadelphia say situations like this don't happen all the time, but they are not rare. in this case the first responders and the patient were not hurt, the first responders went back to work the very same night. >> if the attendant was sitting in there, they would have been missed by mere inches. ray is talking about the bullet hole you can see in this picture. the stray bullet pierced medic 40 before 10:00 p.m. friday night with a paramedic and emt in the back tending to a patient. >> they took the appropriate actio

. >> chipotle in central pennsylvania are participating to day, spca, raised close to $5,000, during last years fundraiser. today's fundraiser runs until 10:00 p.m. >>> when summer wind downtime to start thinking of heading, yep, back to school. >> while shopping for school supplies you might be surprised by what else line store shelves. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden takes a lot trend of early halloween. >> reporter: this seems to bug people, question in the middle of july comes why are school supplies all ready out in stores and then, right now when they could be useful, halloween candy is already out what is the science behind, why this happens? aisle 12 of the acme on macdade boulevard, split is, happy halloween from hershey, those fun sized kit cats, peanut butter cups, spooky treats. >> halloween section in these stores it is massive. then as you try to find a path of paper you can't. >> reporter: clash of the holidays and for many dreaded end to summer. >> not excited for summer to end right. >> no. >> reporter: seasonal merchandise has gotten a rise on social media, tw

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spca, those charges could come as early as this week, lucy. >> had they done that little bit later they would possibly face felony unthe new animal cruelty statutes in the state of pennsylvania. quick question where are the alligators now, chris? are they safe. >> they're still in that bustleton home of one of the guys who took that video. the spca is investigating exactly where those are and possibly could be confiscate. >> hopefully get them to safety quickly. chris o'connell thank you much. >>> happening right now in philadelphia's feltonville neighborhood a lots of concern and a whole lot of worry. you can still see bullet casings after a shooting pierced homes and cars, and that is not even the scariest part. six suspec suspects some of whoe armed and dangerous still on the streets to tonight got away from police. fox 29's dave schratwieser joins us live from east detectives. dave? >> reporter: lucy, neighbors on b street are worried about retaliation after a hail of gunfire overnight left a 17-year-old girl struck by a stray bullet and neighbors ducking for cover. >> now i feel really afraid. >> reporter: cindy was still scared monday night as shell casings littered b

pennsylvania is tightening its protection. it targets those whooutside for. john rawlins went to spcafind out guidelines. >> tethering can cause a dog to anxiety. >> reporter: 9 hours out of 24, and 30 minutes if the over 90 or 32 degrees. >> you want to make sure tether is three times the size of your dog. from nose tip to the basic tail. the minimum length is ten well d access to water andcertain dogs shade. >> if you have a situation where a dog is not having the social encounter with their owners, they develop further bad behavior, at times the out, it'g is ut-oh of control. >> reporter: it's part of a animal cruelty law going into effect dubbedra's law. >> we've seen the links between those who abuse animal or children or commit acts of domestic violence, we need to make sure that the criminal justice system is keeping an eye on folks who are severely abusing animals just for kicks, because that's a s folks. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> parents have been down this road before trying to get your kids eat veggies, here's good moms to be mind. a new study shows children

. >> now the spca says the own are in of that alligator and those who took part in the video could be facing misdemeanor charges. but under a new pennsylvaniatiffer state law, lucy, i know your familiar with -- >> um-hmm. >> soon those -- next month that could be felony charges for animal abuse cases. >> as well it ought to be. chris o'connell, thank you much. live there in north philly. >>> happening right now, feltonville community is worri worried. six suspects in shooting and barricade situation are gone on the streets and police cannot find them. they say those men are dangerous and some of them might be armed. neighbors are worried about even more violence. >> our dave schratwieser is on top of the story and joins us live from east detectives in juniata park. dave? >> reporter: iain, those neighbors on b street worried about two things tonight. retaliation and more gunfire after a hail of bullets early this morning sent one, 17-year-old to the hospital with a gunshot wound and neighbors ducking for cover. >> we hear all the shots. we think was firework. >> reporter: cindy, was still shaken up monday night as shell casings littered b s