An worker at a Fort Worth-location animal shelter is dealing with animal cruelty charges following an examination into the deaths of lots of kittens that reached the center.
According to a Facebook post from the Weatherford Police Department, Parker County animal shelter staff called authorities on July 14 after a staff member experienced Gabriel Caswell, 21, maltreating a kitten. Video video footage evaluated by officers revealed that a crime had actually taken place.
Caswell supposedly got away the scene after being challenged by colleagues however was found by authorities within a couple of hours and detained for cruelty to animals. He was launched from custody however detained once again on July 29 after extra video footage was taken a look at.
According to the Weatherford Democrat, a possible cause affidavit said Caswell is seen causing “severe physical injury to a black kitten” and “supposedly beat another kitten several times” in the video footage. The regional news outlet reported that more than 80 kittens who had actually shown up in “fair condition” supposedly passed away at the shelter throughout the time Caswell was utilized there, according to day-to-day summary information tape-recorded by the shelter.
Staff at first believed the spike in deaths was because of illness and carried out screening to determine the concern. When test results returned tidy, the North Texas shelter “installed additional HVAC systems, ensured proper cleaning procedures were followed, reviewed the chemicals in all cleaning products, implemented new policies and closely tracked every missing or deceased animal.”
An examination is still in progress, and the shelter is dealing with the authorities department to “seek justice for all of Caswell’s actions.” It’s uncertain the number of kitten deaths he is connected to. The Weatherford Police Department was not instantly available Monday early morning to comment.
“Our shelter staff and volunteers take great pride in the love and care provided to the animals that visit our shelter,” the Facebook post checks out. “For something like this to happen is unfathomable, and we are heartbroken by the harm caused.”
