Texas: Convicted animal hoarder Brenda Luellen, 65, facing animal cruelty charges after deputies seize several starving horses

TEXAS -- On July 20, 2016, Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from a concerned citizen in reference to malnourished horses on a property off of US 67 South.

Sheriff’s Deputies with the Tom Green County Criminal Investigation Division along with Special Rangers with the Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association initiated an investigation into the alleged animal cruelty and met with the owner of the horses, 65-year-old Brenda Luellen (aka Brenda Kenney).

 

The horses were examined by the investigators along with a local veterinarian and it was determined the horses were severely malnourished and the condition of the horses was severe enough to get a court order to seize the horses.

 

 

On July 21, 2016, the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office was issued an order to seize 12 horses from the property. The order was issued by Justice of the Peace Eddie Howard.

Investigators seized nine mares and three foals. The horses were taken to a local veterinarian who will rehabilitate and care for the horses until the conclusion of the legal proceedings.

 

The investigation is ongoing and the investigation will be presented to the district attorney’s office for prosecution. Cruelty to Livestock Animals is a state jail felony if the person charged has previously been convicted under section 42.092 of the Texas State Penal Code.

Anyone wishing to help with the care of these animals while they are being rehabilitated can donate by taking contributions to Palmer’s Feed & Ranch Supply, Inc. located at 1318 N. Chadbourne St., San Angelo, Texas. Palmer Feed & Ranch Supply is assisting in the rehabilitation of the horses.

Brenda Luellen aka Brenda Kenney is well known to law enforcement because she and her husband Arthur Kenney have been caught hoarding and abusing animals for years.

It's like that commercial for shampoo that advises "wash, rinse, repeat". Authorities have seized animals from Brenda in 2008, again in 2009 and yet again in 2010. She just keeps getting a slap on the wrist.

After her 2009 conviction, she was sentenced to a year in the county jail. After just four months, they turned her free and within 5 months of being a free woman - she was arrested for probation violation after she and her husband were found hoarding a dozen dogs in their apartment - and the dogs, according to police, were NOT in good condition when they were seized.

She is going to hoard animals until the day she dies. Texas needs to do something about her b/c she is not going to stop. And she clearly doesn't care about violating the laws of Texas - over and over again.

  

Arthur Kenney

(Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office - July 21, 2016)

Earlier:

• Texas: Case against Brenda Luellen aka Brenda Kenney and her husband Arthur Kenney awaits city court ruling
• Texas: Brenda Luellen (Brenda Kenney) gets 1 year in the county jail in animal cruelty case - but she'll probably really only serve 4 months
• Texas: More charges filed against Brenda Luellen (Brenda Kenney) in San Angelo puppy mill case
• Texas: Convicted animal hoarder Brenda Luellen says from jail, "I just love taking care of Shih Tzus"
• Texas: Brenda Luellen (Brenda Kenney) sentenced for animal cruelty released on probation
• Texas: Convicted animal hoarder Brenda Luellen (Brenda Kenney) and her husband Arthur Kenney have neglected animals seized again