Special Agent Tina Salaks is on a routine call on Staten Island when she discovers a gruesome case of a dog with an embedded collar. The dog, named Nitro, has been so neglected that a thick chain is deeply embedded in the flesh of his neck. One of the ASPCA's undercover officers, known only as Special Agent H, is with his partner, Special Agent Gankiewicz, to deal with a shocking case of neglect in the Bronx. Two pitbulls have been locked up in a small room for months, fed only by the owner throwing in scraps of food sporadically. Also, Special Agent Tietje, confronts a man who has let his pitbull and her seven puppies get into a terrible state. They're covered in ticks, so Tietje rushes them back to hospital at the ASPCA.