Injured horse euthanised, owner arrested
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Injured horse euthanised, owner arrested
February 17, 2011
A man has been arrested in California for failing to provide veterinary care for a horse with ruptured tendons in a hind leg.
The horse found with ruptured tendons.
Authorities also found more than 100 illegal cockfighting roosters at the property.
Riverside County Animal Services officer Gary Pahls arrested Francisco Javier Ponce, 40, Mira Loma, on suspicion of felony animal cruelty for failing to provide veterinary care for an injured horse.
On Tuesday, animal services officers went to a home on Marlatt Street after receiving a tip from a county agency about the dilapidated horse.
When animal control officers arrived, they found the injured horse with ruptured tendons in its back right leg.
The injuries were so severe that the officers contacted Riverside County Animal Services chief veterinarian, Dr Allan Drusys, to euthanise the animal.
The owner consented to the euthanasia.
While investigating the horse's injuries, officers found more than 100 cockfighting roosters. Officers also gathered cockfighting equipment found on the property.
The owners signed over the fighting birds to the Department of Animal Services for euthanasia.
It is illegal in California to own birds for fighting.
Possessing blades used in illegal cockfights can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor in Riverside County Superior Court.
Pahls escorted Ponce to a waiting Riverside County sheriff's deputy's unit for transport to the Robert Presley Detention Centre in downtown Riverside.
February 17, 2011
A man has been arrested in California for failing to provide veterinary care for a horse with ruptured tendons in a hind leg.
The horse found with ruptured tendons.
Authorities also found more than 100 illegal cockfighting roosters at the property.
Riverside County Animal Services officer Gary Pahls arrested Francisco Javier Ponce, 40, Mira Loma, on suspicion of felony animal cruelty for failing to provide veterinary care for an injured horse.
On Tuesday, animal services officers went to a home on Marlatt Street after receiving a tip from a county agency about the dilapidated horse.
When animal control officers arrived, they found the injured horse with ruptured tendons in its back right leg.
The injuries were so severe that the officers contacted Riverside County Animal Services chief veterinarian, Dr Allan Drusys, to euthanise the animal.
The owner consented to the euthanasia.
While investigating the horse's injuries, officers found more than 100 cockfighting roosters. Officers also gathered cockfighting equipment found on the property.
The owners signed over the fighting birds to the Department of Animal Services for euthanasia.
It is illegal in California to own birds for fighting.
Possessing blades used in illegal cockfights can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor in Riverside County Superior Court.
Pahls escorted Ponce to a waiting Riverside County sheriff's deputy's unit for transport to the Robert Presley Detention Centre in downtown Riverside.