Hofstra University Frat Suspended For Forcing Dog To Do Keg Stand In Video
May 14, 2019, 2:54 p.m.
The dog 'had no choice. It didn't say, 'Hey, I want a beer and I want it poured down my throat.' So, it's wrong. It's wrong on every level.'
This King Charles Spaniel is not amused about how his brethren was treated
A Hofstra University fraternity has been suspended after a video circulated showing alleged members forcing a dog to drink alcohol in a keg stand, reportedly at an off-campus party at the frat's headquarters in Hempstead, Long Island on Saturday.
In the Snapchat video, below, members of Alpha Epsilon Pi can be seen holding the dog upside down while pouring beer into its mouth.
so apparently it’s okay to force dogs to drink beer even though it can kill them???? @HofstraU @AEPi pls do better @peta pic.twitter.com/u8Wx78MUfL
— Kristina (@kristinaproscia) May 11, 2019
Karla Schuster, a spokesperson for the university, said in a statement: "The behavior seen on the video is unacceptable and in violation of the University’s Code of Community Standards...The University has been in communication with Alpha Epsilon Pi International headquarters, as well as with chapter members regarding this off-campus incident. In accordance with University policy, the chapter has been placed on interim suspension pending an investigation."
"It’s wrong on every level. It’s just not rational thinking," Gary Rogers of the Nassau County SPCA told CBS. Rogers told them that the 10-month-old King Charles Cavalier in the video belongs to a 21-year-old senior at Hofstra, who can be seen in the video. He may be facing charges as well for the incident: "A misdemeanor for failure to provide adequate sustenance and overdrive and torture of an animal," Rogers said.
Rogers spoke to reporters outside the frat house, located on Kernochan Avenue in Hempstead, saying that the dog "had no choice. It didn't say, 'Hey, I want a beer and I want it poured down my throat.' So, it's wrong. It's wrong on every level."
CBS adds that the dog was briefly taken from the owner by the Nassau County SPCA, but has since been returned, which led to this hilarious sentence: "Despite what happened, the dog - who police would not name - is being returned to the owner."
The woman who initially put up the video online followed up with two additional statements about the pressure she has received from some to take it down:
hi ppls! thank you for sharing this:) no i will not be taking this down. this is abuse. stop asking me to take it down because it will “get them in trouble”. that’s not my problem. maybe they shouldn’t have done this & then we wouldn’t be here. thank you:)
— Kristina (@kristinaproscia) May 12, 2019
— Kristina (@kristinaproscia) May 13, 2019
