Javier Orelly, 28, faces two animal cruelty charges and a possession of marijuana charge following Thursday's incident in West Palm Beach.
Police found Orelly 'digging a grave in front of his apartment' with a beheaded pit bull and duck nearby. He also told police that he beheaded the duck too.
Deputies were called to the scene after an anonymous caller claimed to have seen a man 'kicking and throwing around his dog' and was worried the man was going to kill the dog, the arrest report said, according to Click Orlando.
Below the stick was a carving reading 'totura' - believed to be a misspelling of 'tortura' which means 'torture' in Basque - in large letters.
He later said 'the dog looked at him weird, so he stabbed it in the neck', the arrest report stated.
He said that he was having difficulty cutting off the dog's head and got a bigger knife, which he described as a medieval hatchet.
He then 'kept chopping the head until it came off', the arrest report said.
The beheaded duck was discovered near the dog.
According to deputies, 'Orelly was stressed out and needed to sacrifice animals to cleanse himself,' the police report said.
A judge on Wednesday ordered Orelly on have a mental-health examination and return to court on Friday, according to WPTV.
Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control Capt Dave Walesky told the Sun Sentinel that Orelly had not been reported for animal abuse before.
Under US law, some animal sacrifices are legal if the animal is humanely killed for legitimate religious purposes, but the slaughter of cats and dogs is prohibited in Florida.
Walesky told the Sun Sentinel: 'As far as Palm Beach County is concerned, it's not uncommon for us to get reports of animals that have been disposed on the side of the road or in other parts of the county that appear to have been involved in some sort of Santeria [an Afro-Caribbean religion] ritual.
'But usually, in most cases, it doesn't involve a dog.'
(Daily Mail - Jan 22, 2016)
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