UPDATE: Drowned Dog on Fair Haven Shore

Fair Haven police and the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) are investigating a an apparent animal cruelty case involving a dead dog in its portable kennel case that washed up on the shores of the Navesink River Tuesday morning.

, on Wednesday, had no further information on the incident. On Thursday, Detective Lt. Jesse Dykstra confirmed that new information reported by the Asbury Park Press, was "spot on." He offered no further information.

The new information included reports that the breed of the dog that washed up in the kennel at the end of Grange Avenue, initially reported as a bulldog, was, in fact, identified as a dachshund, by examiners at the NJ Department of Health's animal lab, according to the report in the Asbury Park Press.

SPCA Chief Law Enforcement Officer Victor “Buddy” Amato also initially told the Asbury Park Press that it appeared that the dog, which was wearing no ID or microchip, was “dumped in the water alive inside the carry kennel and it drowned.”

He later conceded that the exact cause of death has not yet been determined; and, whether or not the dog was intentionally drowned is not clear. The dog could have been the product of a boating accident or several other scenarios.

In the meantime, many tips have filtered in to the police and SPCA and interviews have been conducted since the dog was discovered in a state of decomposition, when a neighbor spotted the carrier on the shore of the river.

This is a developing news story, which Patch will update when more information becomes available.