Overview
- Kwong “Tony” Chun Sit was sentenced to 11 years and 10 months in prison on Friday, July 10, 2026, after juries convicted him on multiple felony animal‑cruelty and evidence‑destruction counts.
- Tingfeng Liu, who helped drop off bodies at crematoriums, was sentenced to three years after being convicted as an accessory and on evidence‑destruction charges.
- Necropsies recovered by investigators showed most of the dogs died of heat stroke and one dog had blunt‑force trauma, findings prosecutors used to prove cruelty in June 2025.
- Prosecutors said Sit sent nearly identical texts to owners saying pets had “passed away peacefully,” impersonated owners to request cremations, and used multiple crematoriums in an apparent cover‑up that prompted an Irvine Police Animal Services probe.
- The animals had been entrusted to Sit’s for‑profit Happy K9 Academy for multi‑week training sessions, a breach of trust that victims said was devastating and that could prompt tighter oversight of boarding and training businesses.