Texas

A TEXAS GREYHOUND FARM WAS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL SHERIFF ON A CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CHARGE. One greyhound with an untreated broken leg and sores all over its body was taken by a rescue group for medical attention and adoption. An adoption rep and deputies from the local sheriff's office found muzzled caged dogs in questionable condition on the property, as well as as live rabbits and a feces dump pile which contained numerous dog skeletons, decaying dog bodies and four fresh dead bodies. Located close by was a tree with a large chain attached, a blood pool and a large pipe with dried blood on it. Miscellaneous Schedule III drugs were also confiscated from the property.
Source: Williamson County Sheriff's Department Official Incident Report (35 pages), March 14, 2000

42 ABUSED GREYHOUNDS WERE SEIZED IN EAST AUSTIN, TEXAS. The dogs were being kept in filthy, makeshift cages, all were flea and tick infested and some had deep pressure sores. One of the dogs was so flea-bitten, its neck resembled "raw hamburger."
Source: Austin-American Statesman/ Mike Kelley, Rebecca Thatcher, April 11, 1998

THIRTEEN MALNOURISHED AND ABUSED GREYHOUNDS WERE RESCUED from a backyard in Ft. Worth, Texas. Two dead greyhound puppies were also found on the scene and three of the rescued greyhounds died shortly after being rescued. A greyhound rescue group representative called them "walking skeletons with fur."
Source: Ft. Worth Star Telegram, June 6, 1999, WFAA News Channel 8, Angela Davis, June 7, 1999

10 STARVING GREYHOUNDS WERE RESCUED FROM THE PROPERTY OF A TEXAS MAN WHO CLAIMED TO BE STARTING A DOG FARM. County investigator Wilfred Simon said, 'This is the worst case I've ever seen. There's feces everywhere. The dogs are starving.' The previous month officials found the dogs in the backyard of the property feeding on the carcasses of two dead greyhounds.
Source: Galveston Daily News/ Wes Swift, August 7, 1996

51 GREYHOUNDS DIED OF EXTREME HEAT EXPOSURE near Lubbock, Texas when the air conditioner for the training room in which they were locatetd stopped working. According to local law enforcement officals three breaker switches for the air conditioning units were discovered in the "off" position while the other breakers switches were in the "on" position.
Source: Lubbock Avalanche Journal/ Gina Howard, August 23, 1994

65 GREYHOUNDS, MANY NEAR DEATH FROM STARVATION, WERE DISCOVERED AT A GREYHOUND BREEDING FARM in Ballinger, Texas. According to an animal control officer, the crowded kennels were filled with feces and skeletal remains of other dogs.
Source: San Angelo Standard Times/ Andy Smith, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Associated Press, May 2, 1994

8 MALNOURISHED GREYHOUNDS WERE SEIZED BY ANIMAL CONTROL FORCES in Dumas, Texas. The courts charged the dogs' keeper with cruelty and removed the dogs from the facility.
Source: The Amarillo Globe/ December 1993