Woman who tossed puppy from car faces jail after being found guilty of animal cruelty

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Alsu Ivanchenko, 35, of Staten Island, New York, claimed she had left the puppy for someone to find
But the white-haired Maltese cross suffered a fractured skull in the incident
She faces up to two years in jail when she is sentenced next month

Published: 05:46 EST, 18 September 2015 | Updated: 08:23 EST, 18 September 2015

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A puppy was dumped beside a railroad track in a plastic bag in New York because a cruel owner did not want to pay the vets fees for its broken leg.

Snowflake, a white-haired Maltese cross, was tossed from a car by Alsu Ivanchenko last September, and suffered a fractured skull, prosecutors said.

'It costs too much to get it treated. I couldn't afford it. So that's why I put it in the bag, and I put it on the side of the road,' she said in the criminal complaint.

Abused: Snowflake, who was renamed Charlotte then Pip, was tossed from a car with a broken leg and suffered a fractured skull but is recovering from her ordeal

Ms Ivanchenko, of Staten Island, New York, was found guilty of felony aggravated cruelty to animals, in addition to torturing and injuring animals and abandonment of an animal following the non-jury trial, the New York Post reports.

The puppy, which was three months old and weighed one pound, was found by a passer-by and made a full recovery.

She was renamed Pip and has since been adopted and lives in a loving home in Manhattan, according to authorities.

The case has attracted widespread condemnation protests in the city with campaigners demanding officials give her a prison sentence.

Guilty: Ivanchenko, who was found guilty of felony aggravated cruelty to animals, looks unconcerned as she leaves work

Protests: The case has caused outrage with protesters calling for Ivanchenko to be sent to prison

Ivanchenko, 35, will be sentenced on October 27 and faces up to two years in jail.

She rejected a pre-trial plea deal of six months in jail and restitution.

Defense attorney Matthew Myers argued that there was no proof Ivanchenko hurt the dog and argued she left it on the side of the road for someone to find.

But acting DA Daniel Master Junior said: 'The defendant showed utter disregard for the well-being of this helpless dog.'