Overview
- Kwong “Tony” Chun Sit pleaded not guilty to 11 felony counts of animal cruelty, 11 counts of caretaker abuse and multiple evidence-destruction charges, and Tingfeng Liu entered a not guilty plea to accessory and destruction counts.
- Prosecutors raised each defendant’s bail to $550,000 after finding they had packed belongings and appeared ready to flee following the discovery of the fatalities.
- Investigators recovered bodies and cremated remains from several Southern California crematoriums where the couple allegedly attempted to destroy evidence.
- Preliminary necropsies on three dogs identified two deaths from heat stroke and one from blunt-force trauma, with six additional post-mortem examinations still pending.
- Police are urging other pet owners who used Sit’s training services, including under names like Happy K9 Academy, to come forward if their dogs died while in his care.