TEXAS -- San Antonio continues to fight a problem with animal abuse and within the last two weeks Animal Care Services has seen two separate high profile animal abuse cases.
ACS officials shared surveillance video with KENS 5 that shows two German Sheppard puppies playing and running through a south side neighborhood. However, the scene quickly turns into a nightmare.
ACS detectives said one man didn’t have patience for the dogs playful behavior and started beating the animals with a tool.
“One of the puppies was so severely beaten, unfortunately he had to be euthanized,” said ACS spokeswoman Lisa Norwood. “His sister was able to recover, but she’s blind, she actually lost her vision from the beating she received.”
During the KENS 5 interview with ACS, Kathy Cortes, a foster parent for dogs, overheard the abuse story and started crying.
“I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that people can hurt an animal in that way,” said Cortes.
In a separate incident, detectives said last week someone chained a pit bull to a flatbed trailer and dragged him half a mile down Nogalitos Street.
“Unfortunately this type of cruelty is all too common in San Antonio,” said Norwood.
Norwood said an increased awareness of animal cruelty laws has led to more cases filed with the district attorney’s office. However, it’s not stopping people from committing these types of crimes.
“There’s no need for abuse, it solves nothing,” said Cortes.
ACS investigators are still working to build cases against the people responsible in both cases.
As for the pit bull dragged down the street, officials said the person driving was in a red or dark colored truck hauling a flatbed trailer. Authorities said the incident happened on Nogalitos near East Cevallos and the driver is a Hispanic male with dark hair and eyes, possibly in his late 40’s or 50’s.
Anyone with any information is urged to call authorities.
(KENS 5 - Aug 29 2013)
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