A Facebook post of repeated animal cruelty allegations of a dog in College Station for almost a year has had more than 50,000 views.
College Station police reports a dog seen in the Facebook video was surrendered by the owner “to appropriate authorities for on-going evaluation and care.”
A statement released Tuesday night from CSPD did not indicate if any arrests were made. According to the statement, “the investigation into these allegations continues and there will be no further information released until this process is completed.”
Statement from College Station police:
On Tuesday November 1, 2016 at approximately 1543 hrs the College Station Police Department received a report of possible Animal Cruelty within the city.
Animal Control Officers were dispatched to begin their investigation into the matter.
As part of the continuing investigation Animal Control Officers met with involved persons and the animal in question has been surrendered to appropriate authorities for on-going evaluation and care.
The investigation into these allegations continues and there will be no further information released until this process is completed.
After our Animal Control Officers began their follow up investigation this incident became the focus of intense concern through social media posts.
Some of these posts urged citizens to take action on their own to protect the animal.
The College Station Police Department is currently following up on this incident through appropriate venues and requests citizens to respect this process as it is underway and not do anything to interfere with our efforts.