Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals chief Ken Ross says Greenburgh resident Luis Perez-Hernandez and his son had planned to sacrifice the animals in a ritual of the Afro-Caribbean religion Santeria.
Religious animal sacrifice is not illegal. Both men have been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty because two animals died.
A woman who answered the phone at a number listed for Perez-Hernandez said neither man was available for comment.