Animal Precinct is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on June 26, 2001 on Animal Planet. Set in New York City, the series follows the animal cruelty agents of the ASPCA's Humane Law Enforcement Division as they work as advocates for the five million pets and other animals in New York City, sometimes removing them from dangerous situations and pursuing arrests of those who have been cruel to animals.
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Animal Precinct is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on June 26, 2001 on Animal Planet. Set in New York City, the series follows the animal cruelty agents of the ASPCA's Humane Law Enforcement Division as they work as advocates for the five million pets and other animals in New York City, sometimes removing them from dangerous situations and pursuing arrests of those who have been cruel to animals.
The show is filmed locally by crews from Anglia Television, edited in the UK and shown on Discovery Channel networks worldwide.
When the series debuted in 2001, episodes were 30 minutes in length. This was later extended to a full hour, and has remained there for all subsequent seasons. The pilot episode was quite different from subsequent episodes, as it focused primarily on Special Investigator Annemarie Lucas and included her discussing various parts of her job, such as how she felt about carrying a gun.
On October 12, 2001, at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, Animal...
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