Two people who ran a Texas dog rescue agency have been arrested and charged with animal cruelty following the discovery of poor living conditions and dogs who were ailing at their property in Winona. As reported by KLTV News, the authorities arrested Tina Loper, 53, of Winona, and Eric Wayne Morris; the couple ran Dog Days Ranch and Rescue.
A total of 38 dogs were rescued from the property in January – one of the dogs was in such poor condition that she had to be euthanized. According to KETK News, there had once been 124 dogs living on the property. The rescue operators admitted that they got in over their heads while trying to save dogs. Constable Josh Joplin from Precinct 4 told the news agency:
“If you’re not going to take care of your animals, if you’re going to have dogs, cats or horses or any animal of that nature, that is in any kind of medical issue or they are having some kind of malnourishment problem, or you just don’t want to take care of your animals– we are not going to have that in this county. If you don’t want to take care of your animals, don’t have one.”
The dogs seized from the property were taken in for emergency care and will be turned over to the Humane Society of the United States after they are cleared.
Loper and Morris were arrested and then released after posting bond.
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