A man stabbed his dog to death in his Manhattan apartment, then disposed of its body down a garbage chute, the New York Post reported.
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Zheheng Feng claimed that he killed the dog in self-defense.
“I fed my dog, and it was acting irrational,” Feng told police, according to the Post. “The dog then started scratching me on my arms, so I stabbed it in the chest. Then I threw the dog in a garbage bag with the knife and threw it down the garbage chute.”
A building employee found the dog with its head sticking out of the garbage bag at the bottom of the chute.
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The Post reported that police saw “two very small scratches” on Feng’s arms.
Feng is facing a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals and is being held on $10,000 bond.