- Texas, USA -
On August 13, 2022, the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office responded to a property in the 100 block of Flying Heart Road, just outside of South Waco, after receiving a call requesting the property be checked.
Inside the residence, deputies discovered seventeen dogs who had been abandoned. There was no air conditioning for the furbabies and FOX 44 reports that deputies “noted the temperature was 101 degrees at the time.”
According to 6News, McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara described the home as being in one of the worse conditions he has seen in quite a while. He said the dogs “were trapped in the house with cattle paddles and wire on the windows.”
Animal control services were called in to assist with the removal of the furbabies.
Sheriff Parnell McNamara said the dogs showed clear signs of neglect, with one of the seventeen dogs found in the home suffering from Parvo.
According to KWTX, the dogs were taken to the Humane Society of Central Texas and are receiving treatment. The news agency also reports that Kandi Hillyer, Executive Director of the Humane Society, said: “Who knows how long they were locked up in that house. It was about 115 degrees they measured in that home they came from. A heart wrenching, absolutely filthy environment.”
Deputies learned from the owner of the property that 47-years-old JUAN VILLAREAL (pictured), had been renting the home since 2017.
As reported by KWTX, VILLAREAL turned himself in on the early morning of Thursday, August 18, 2022, after he found out that the FAST Unit was after him.
The affidavit accuses VILLAREAL of abandoning the dogs causing “unjustified or unwarranted pain or suffering.”
He was booked into the McLennan County Jail on five counts of cruelty to non-livestock animals, abandonment and bond was set at $10,000.
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VILLAREAL’s mugshot via McLennan County Sheriff’s Office
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