Former President Donald Trump sparked tremendous backlash after he mentioned at the debate with Vice President Kamala Harris that Haitian immigrants consume pets as food.
The comment sparked equal amounts of criticism and a mountain of memes and jokes.
However, according to the New York Post, city and federal authorities in Jamaica Bay in Queens are reportedly "beefing up resources" after an earlier report exposed a disgusting truth regarding animal sacrifices being made in the area.
A local councilwoman revealed new initiatives, such as installing new lights in certain areas to discourage the killing of animals for sacrificial reasons.
Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens) announced that the National Parks Service will install new mobile lights at "the Addabbo Bridge in the federally-managed Spring Creek Park" to deter the slaughtering of animals under the cover of darkness.
Feds, city to crack down on animal sacrifices in NYC’s Jamaica Bay after dog-carcass with snapped neck, wounded pigs found https://t.co/YF1aCYGG1M pic.twitter.com/boZke0vSxe
— New York Post (@nypost) September 14, 2024
It's certainly not a stretch to presume that some of the animals may have been consumed, given that an earlier report noted the amount of carcasses found in the area.
At least eight dead animals have been found in the area since July, sparking concern among some local residents.
The Post noted:
These have included five wounded pigs, a near-dead baby rat stuffed in a bag with chicken bones, and a dog carcass with its neck snapped.
According to NPS spokeswoman Daphne Yun, the agency will also beef up police patrols in that particular area to act as a deterrent.
"I’ve gotten in touch with my partners at both the federal and city level, and we are going to bring a new level of enforcement to the area and really crack down on this sickening behavior," Councilwoman Ariola told The Post. “Animals should not be getting tortured and mutilated for any reason. This ends now."
Many across social media suggested that they knew such stories would ultimately pop up after Trump was called a conspiracy theorist for mentioning the dead animals.
"The difference between a conspiracy theory and reality is about 36 hours," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "So you're saying that thing that is definitely not happening and you're racist if you ask if it's happening is actually happening?"
