30/11/2025
⚠️ Public Warning: Multi-State Animal Cruelty Offender Now in Vermont⚠️
Sharing this to help keep people informed about a woman with a long, documented, multi-state history of animal cruelty who continues to obtain animals despite repeated court orders.
Marie Amato Feniello, 65, has now been involved in at least five documented animal-cruelty cases in Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Her last known address is Bennington, VT, and she frequently moves between states.
Here’s what is publicly documented:
📍 Vermont – Dummerston (Nov. 27, 2025)
Arrested after two cats were found in her vehicle crammed in a crate soaked in urine and f***s.
This affidavit also references her recent Bennington arrest, showing an ongoing pattern of violating conditions that prohibit her from possessing animals.
Court date set for January 6th, 2026 at the Windham County Superior Court.
📍 Vermont – Bennington (Nov. 26, 2025)
Arrested following an animal cruelty investigation by the Bennington Police Department involving two dogs.
She is due in court on December 1, 2025, at the Bennington County Superior Court.
📍 New Hampshire (Nov. 16, 2025)
Arrested in Lyme, NH on two charges of negligent animal cruelty. Despite her order to not possess any animals from the Connecticut Animal Cruelty Case.
📍 Connecticut (Dec. 17, 2024 - Case involving two dogs that died)
A Connecticut investigation found two black Labs, Augi and Sawyer, died from severe malnourishment, and a third Lab, Thatcher, was brought in emaciated at 37 lbs.
Officers later found additional dogs confined in one crate and multiple cats living in debris.
She was charged with three counts of animal cruelty and ordered not to possess animals.
📍 New Jersey (2008 conviction)
Convicted on six counts of animal cruelty after investigators found five dogs and one cat malnourished and living in a f***s- and urine-filled apartment.
She was ordered to surrender all animals, complete community service, pay restitution, and was prohibited from owning animals for several years.
📌Across all states and all years, the pattern is identical:
animals starved, confined in filth, deprived of food and water, and repeatedly found in life-threatening conditions.
She continues moving between VT, NH, CT, and NJ and repeatedly seeks out new animals despite restrictions.
‼️If you see Marie Amato Feniello attempting to adopt, acquire, rehome, or transport animals, please notify your local police department, state police/game warden immediately!
Public awareness is often the only way to stop repeat harm.
