Overview
- Deputies and animal-cruelty detectives discovered three malnourished dogs and one dead at a Safegaurd Street property on Sunday evening.
- The animals were kept outdoors in about 30-degree weather, with two illegally chained by the neck and another confined in an open horse trailer.
- Precinct 1 executed an exigent warrant that allowed the Houston SPCA to remove the dogs for urgent medical evaluation.
- A necropsy determined cold exposure and malnourishment contributed to the death, and the surviving dogs are being treated in SPCA custody.
- Authorities cited the Safe Outdoor Dogs Act’s tethering and care standards as the legal framework under review, and Constable Alan Rosen condemned the neglect.