UPDATE: Dead Animals Found on Keansburg Beach

UPDATE Friday, August 16: Chief Victor "Buddy" Amato told Patch today that location of the animal remains was near the pier in Keansburg, which is off Beachway -- not in the nearby Hazlet community of West Keansburg, as originally published in the local newspaper. 

He said he's getting a lot of calls.  "We've gotten a lot of leads, but unfortunately none of them directly related to this," said Amato. "But we are following up on all of them," he said. 

ORIGINAL STORY

A slaughtered pig and the remains of decapitated chickens were found on the beach Tuesday, according to the Asbury Park Press.

The killings are being investigated as animal cruelty, although they may be the result of ritual sacrifices, the Asbury Park Press reported.

A small altar, which Chief Humane Law Enforcement Officer Victor Amato of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says is part of a Santeria ritual, was also located in the same vicinity, the Asbury Park Press said.

Anyone with information should call Amato at 732-312-7153.