ANIMAL CRUELTY

More than a week after three dogs were rescued from deplorable conditions, they're officially in custody of city of Balcones Heights.

Over a week after a group of dogs were rescued from a hoarding home in Jourdanton, Public Works have begun clean up.

Jourdanton police continue to investigate an animal cruelty case that lead to the rescue of at least 10 dogs. The dogs were found malnourished and infested with fleas in a property surrounded with trash in early November.

More than a dozen dogs were rescued by Jourdanton Police and Atascosa Animal Control Friday morning. Officials say several dogs are in poor health.

A 56-year-old San Antonio man who was caught on camera punching and kicking his young Rottweiler on the front porch of his home was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect they say shot and killed a horse in Southeast Bexar County Jan. 11.

A San Antonio man wanted on multiple charges, including animal cruelty, was arrested by police on Oct. 20.

Though most of the roughly 3,000 bills passed by the 87th Texas Legislature were signed into law, a few notable vetoes by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have caught the attention of some critics.

Two people were arrested Friday in connection with an animal cruelty case that involved a tiger cub and a bobcat that were being kept at a South Side home.

Five horses have been killed in Pearland, south of Houston, in less than four months, according to police. The Pearland Police Department says the latest horse deaths were discovered on Saturday when two pets were found butchered. The suspects then removed the animals backstraps and the front and hindquarters leading investigators to believe the animal was killed for its meat, police said. The Pearland Police Department (is) encouraging horse owners and residents to be vigilant and report all suspicious activities, police said in a release. Officers are asking anyone with information to contact the Pearland Police Department at 281-997-4202 or email a detective at JPage@PearlandTx.Gov.