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Kingsland woman arrested on animal cruelty charges
March 22, 2013, 4:20 pm by Alexandria Randolph
A Kingsland woman was arrested on a charge of animal cruelty after police found 17 animals trapped in an empty house on Thursday.
Amanda Marie Ramirez, 34, was arrested Friday and charged with cruelty/torture to live stock animals, a state jail felony, after Marble Falls Police discovered the animals on her property in the 1600 block of Northwood in Marble Falls.
"On Wednesday a Marble Falls Code Enforcement Officer went to the 1600 block of Northwood to speak to a resident about an overgrown yard,” Marble Falls Police Captain Glenn Hanson said. "He learned from the neighbors that no one resided in the house, but the owner reportedly returned every day to feed her animals.”
Police said that as the officer approached the house, the stench was "overwhelming.” The officer looked through the windows and saw several animals living in cages inside the home.For more on this story, see Tuesday's Highlander or Wednesday's Llano County Journal.
Reader Comments
The article says there was a charge for cruelty/torture to LIVESTOCK animals. Dogs.cats and snakes are NOT Livestock animals. Also if the owner returned everyday to feed the animals do you not think the owner was taking care of them.. another thing , Snakes are not fed daily.
March 29, 2013, 9:44am by Roy
Burnet County, Marble Falls Police Department and Animal Control MIGHT want to get someone who knows the first thing about snakes, for one, in cases like this.
Corn Snakes and Garter Snakes are NATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES and are not exotics.
You do not feed snakes you just stressed by moving much LESS surely severely manhandled seeing as none of you have ANY idea what you are doing. They will most likely regurge. And you do NOT need to feed "multiple prey items". So you fed a stressed snake AND overfed. And lastly, not all snakes are "puppy dog tame". They are extremely aggressive whether hungry OR NOT. If none of you know what you are doing you might at least have someone comes in temporarily that does and won't do the animals more harm than good.
March 26, 2013, 10:25am by Amanda Ramirez
507 Bessemer Ave. Suite A, Llano, Texas 78643 - Phone: (830)693-4367