Updated: 11:44 PM Oct 30, 2010
33 Greyhounds Found Dead at Ebro, 4 Others near death Ebro - 37 year old Ponce De Leon Man, Ronald Williams, has been arrested by the Washington County Sheriffs Office in Chipley on 37 counts of felony animal cruelty in what the sheriff says is one of the most disturbing cases to cruelty to animals the department has ever investigated. Posted: 10:47 PM Oct 30, 2010
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Ebro - 37 year old Ponce De Leon Man, Ronald Williams, has been arrested by the Washington County Sheriffs Office in Chipley on 37 counts of felony animal cruelty in what the sheriff says is one of the most disturbing cases to cruelty to animals the department has ever investigated.
Friday night state officials swooped down on Ebro Greyhound Park after receiving complaints about the smell of decaying animals coming from the kennels at the site. After arriving and assessing the status of the animals, the Washington County Sheriffs Office was called in to help investigate.
Deputies found 37 dogs in the kennels, only four were found alive, but near death. Veterinarians on site treated all four of the surviving dogs.
36-year-old Ronald Williams, identified earlier by Ebro officials, as an outside contractor responsible for the animals, was arrested and charged with 37 counts of felony cruelty to animals.
He was taken to the Washington County Jail in Chipley where he was being held on bonds totaling $54,000.
Contact info for the Florida racing officials:Florida Dept. of Business & Professional RegulationDivision of Pari-Mutuel Wagering1940 N. Monroe Street, Suite 50Tallahassee, FL 32399-1035805-487-1395 (phone)805-488-0550 (fax)
callcenter@dbpr.state.fl.us (email)
Any human who tortures or mistreats or neglects an animal causing pain and suffering, dismemberment and/or death, participates in authorized or un-authorized research, with or without federal funding, withholds food & water and/or medical care is guilty of animal cruelty, an offense punishable to the absolute maximum permitted by law.
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