SICKENING: Abdul El-Sayed Oversaw Animal 'Slaughterhouse', 4,000 Puppies and Kittens Killed On His Watch as Detroit's Health Director “Former animal-control officer Brittany Roberts filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the City of Detroit… she described the shelter as a 'dog slaughterhouse.' Photographs she provided appeared to show dogs surrounded by blood, vomit and feces.”