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JOEVAUGHN LEON MEREDITH charged with ill treatment of animals

- South Carolina, USA -


A search warrant was served for 35-years-old JOEVAUGHN LEON MEREDITH (pictured) on August 17, 2022, at a residence in the 2300 block of Brockman McClimon Road, Greer, where fifty-eight dogs were being kept.


Officers from the Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement Department returned to the property on the morning of Wednesday, August 24, 2022, with another search warrant. They removed forty-one dogs and left seventeen more at the residence.

The department said officers went back to the property due to the health and living conditions of the dogs in the home.


The Post and Courier reports that Jamie Nelson, Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement director, said the dogs were kept in pens without clean water and the pens were covered with feces. He also said that several dogs were malnourished, had skin disorders, eye infections, and other injuries.


The forty-one dogs who were removed were placed in the care of Greenville County Animal Care.

MEREDITH granted the shelter ‘ownership’ of thirty-three dogs and said he wants eight of them back.

Nelson said: “We are going to let the court system work all that out.”


Regarding the seventeen dogs who were left on the property, Nelson told WSPA: “The reason why we left those 17 there has got to do with the fact that they are healthy, they are in a good, pinned area and there is someone that can take care of them.”


He also added: “It’s a living animal. Unfortunately, there’s people out there for whatever reason get overwhelmed, can’t take care of them. This scenario right here I don’t think it was that. I think this individual may have been selling them online as a breeder type scenario, maybe got overwhelmed.”


MEREDITH was arrested on August 24, 2022, on twelve counts of first-offense ill-treatment of animals. He was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center and released the following day.


If you wish and can afford to help Greenville County Animal Care with donations, fostering, and adopting, please, visit their website to see how. Thank you!


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MARK ANTHONY TREVINO and STEVEN CLARK WOODINGTON arrested - 270 dogs and 1 cat found in a warehouse

- Texas, USA -



~ Update: August 27, 2022


Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz announced that on Friday, August 26, in Brownsville, 62-years-old STEVEN CLARK WOODINGTON (pictured), appeared before Judge David Gonzalez. After a one-week trial, WOODINGTON was found guilty by a jury on nineteen counts of cruelty to non-livestock animals-failure to provide adequate care.


In a news release, DA Saenz briefly recounted the facts that ultimately led to this guilty verdict.

It all started in September 2019, when residents in Los Fresnos filed complaints about barking dogs at 35848 Bingley Road.


Cameron County Health Department Animal Control Division responded and the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the investigation.


In a warehouse called ‘All Accounted for Rescue’ owned by WOODINGTON and run by TREVINO, authorities found a cat and “over 300 dogs held in different-sized kennels; several dogs were crowded in the same kennel and were in very unhealthy conditions and need of medical attention. Some dogs were covered in feces and urine, and others had open wounds”, said DA Saenz.

He also said that sadly, “A total of 19 dogs did not survive this cruel situation.”


WOODINGTON claimed he was operating an animal rescue that housed dogs until they were placed for adoption.


At-the-time Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said the conditions the animals were found in would make “anybody sick.”


WOODINGTON will be back in court on Thursday, September 29, 2022, for sentencing.



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~ Original story September 14, 2019


29-year-old MARK ANTHONY TREVINO and 59-year-old STEVEN CLARK WOODINGTON (both pictured), were arrested on Monday, September 9, 2019, and charged with cruelty to non-livestock animals, which is a Class A misdemeanor.


The arrests are the result of authorities discovering 270 dogs and a cat locked up in kennels in a warehouse located at 35848 Bingley Road in Los Fresnos.

Cameron County Health Department Animal Control Division responded to residents’ complaints of barking dogs.

The Cameron County Sheriff’s Office was also alerted and responded to the scene.


Kennel after kennel with three to four dogs in each were discovered in the warehouse called ‘All Accounted for Rescue’ owned by WOODINGTON and run by TREVINO.


Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said during a press release that the conditions the helpless animals were found in would make “anybody sick”. Kennels covered with feces and urine and the poor furbabies had no water or food.


Removing all the animals from this hellish place and placing them in humane conditions required the assistance and collaboration of different organizations, including, including City of Brownsville Animal Control, City of Port Isabel Animal Control, City of Los Fresnos Animal Control, Los Fresnos Fire Department and Cameron County Pct. 4 office.


As a result of the dogs being picked up, the Cameron County Animal Shelter will be closed until further notice and Ms. Esmeralda Guajardo, Health Administrator, said: “The large number of animals which we are working with requires that we utilize the entire facility for them. Once the situation is stabilized, operations will resume to normal operating hours.”


TREVINO and WOODINGTON were each issued a $20,000 bond.

The investigation is ongoing.


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JASON DANIEL FOSTER arrested after thirty-three dogs and two cats were removed from his home

Updated: Sep 29, 2022

- Alabama, USA -


~ Update: September 29, 2022

A Colbert County Grand Jury has indicted JASON DANIEL FOSTER (pictured), on animal cruelty charges.


WHNT reports that according to the indictment, FOSTER is accused of intentionally torturing dogs by inflicting inhumane treatment of “gross physical abuse” intended to cause the animals “intensive or prolonged pain,” serious injury or death “due to said act.”


FOSTER is free on a $1,750 cash bond and his arrangement has been scheduled to take place on October 13, 2022.




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Deputies with the Colbert County Sheriff’s Office were investigating a shooting on Underwood Mountain Road in Tuscumbia, when they noticed dogs in poor health at a home in the neighborhood.


On Monday, June 13, deputies removed from a property on 1760 Underwood Mountain Road, 15 dogs who were malnourished and in need of medical attention.

The same week, on Friday, June 17, deputies returned to the home and with the assistance of Colbert County Animal Control, they served a search warrant and removed 18 more dogs and 2 cats.


Colbert County Sheriff Frank Williamson said this property is not related to the shooting incident.


Deputies arrested a male who gave a false name at first and identified himself as Jonathan Foster. Deputies later learned that the arrestee had given his brother’s name instead of his which is JASON DANIEL FOSTER (pictured).


FOSTER is facing a first-degree animal cruelty charge but Sheriff Williamson said more charges are expected to be filed against FOSTER.

He was taken to the Colbert County Jail on a $15,000 bond.


Sheriff Williamson thanked Corey Speegle and the Colbert County Animal Shelter for their help with this case.


Some of the animals have been taken to the Colbert County Animal Shelter, some are in the care of Friends of Florence Lauderdale Animal Shelter, while others are in foster homes and veterinarian’s offices.

The nonprofit Friends of Florence Lauderdale Animal Services posted a few pictures of the dogs removed from FOSTER’s home and in a Facebook post said: “We want to help our friends at Colbert County animal shelter raise $3000. These dogs are in need of a lot of care. Colbert animal shelter has had to take in many dogs this week who need help. Let’s help our neighbors out. Thank you.”


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