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Alejandro Lopez, age 18, has been charged with animal cruelty after his dog was found dead and hanging.
Photo: Courtesy Of The Fort Bend County Sheriff's OfficeAlejandro Lopez, age 18, has been charged with animal cruelty after his dog was found dead and hanging.
Alejandro Lopez, age 18, has been charged with animal cruelty after his dog was found dead and hanging.
Alejandro Lopez, age 18, has been charged with animal cruelty after his dog was found dead and hanging.
Three family members have been arrested and each charged with one count of misdemeanor cruelty to a non-livestock animal after their dog, a pitbull mix, was found dead and hanging from its wire tether.
Juan Javier Lopez, age 41, Maria DeJesus Lopez, age 41 and Alejandro Lopez, age 18, were arrested by the Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Constable’s Office’s anti-animal cruelty task force on July 10.
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Court documents allege that the three family members “did intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly confine an animal, namely a dog in cruel manner by tying the dog with wire cable and not checking on the dog for more than 24 hours, causing the dog to become suspended by the cable, and resulting in the dog‘s death.”
Sgt. Stacy Schuelke, an investigator for the animal crimes task force, said that his office found the deceased dog hanging from its wire tether. It appears that the animal got tangled in the wire and the family had not checked on him in three days. The dog also had not been fed and was emaciated, Schuelke said.
Schuelke stated that his team responded to the call after a Comcast employee who was working at a neighboring house noticed the dog dangling. The worker tried to save the dog himself, but the dog was frightened and became aggressive, biting the man repeatedly. He called the police, but by the time authorities arrived, the animal had perished.
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“The dog got tangled up in the wire so that it was around his back legs and ended up suspending him from the wire so he couldn’t touch the ground,” Schuelke explained.
Upon questioning, the suspects admitted that the dog had not been fed or checked in three days.
“The dog was thin and going hungry,” Schuelke said, “They hadn't paid any attention to it.”
According to Schuelke, because the dog was suspended by his legs, the animal may have suffered for days before it died. “It's no telling how long the dog had been hanging when the worker found it. It could have been more than a day or two.”
claire.goodman@chron.com
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