3 days ago
16
WINTON, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Merced County deputies arrested a antheral accused of hog-tying and abusing a husky successful Winton.
“He's friendly, he's beauteous spunky," Merced County Animal Control Officer Megan Pacheco said.
The owner, Martin Alcaraz, 58, was arrested and booked into the region jailhouse connected felony carnal cruelty charges.
Last Saturday, the Merced County Animal Control Services responded to reports of a antheral hitting his canine and tying him successful the backmost of his truck.
“The reporting enactment was capable to beryllium a video of him being hogtied successful the back," Pacheco said.
She showed up astatine the location adjacent the 7400 artifact of Winton Way and spoke with the dog's owner.
“There was a connection obstruction astatine first, but yeah, helium conscionable said the canine was being bad,“ Pacheco said.
Pacheco says they don’t cognize the dog's name, but helium hasn’t shown immoderate signs of aggression. Other than being a shot of energy, this boy is acceptable to springiness idiosyncratic a batch of emotion and kisses.
“We don't cognize overmuch due to the fact that the carnal proprietor was not precise cooperative successful giving america immoderate information. We conscionable cognize that he's healthy,” Pacheco said.
The canine is present astatine the county’s carnal shelter, waiting to larn his fate. The proprietor tin effort to get the canine back, but the region hopes to find him a caller home.
“The proprietor has 10 days to travel backmost and fundamentally effort to combat for his rights back. If helium doesn't travel wrong the 10 days, and helium does relinquish his rights to Merced County,” Pacheco said.
Merced County's Lt. Ray Framstad said they deliberation they'll person a precise beardown lawsuit to support the husky with them.
If that happens, helium volition past beryllium up for adoption, acceptable for a 2nd accidental and hopefully, this time, a loving home.
“This guy's beingness was saved due to the fact that idiosyncratic did grounds and idiosyncratic did accidental thing and they called close away,“ Pacheco said.
The carnal power services, which person up to 50 calls a day, accidental if you spot something, accidental something. So, a canine similar this saccharine boy can beryllium fixed the emotion helium deserves.
