{"id":282706,"date":"2013-11-13T17:59:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T23:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=282706"},"modified":"2013-11-14T17:45:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T23:45:52","slug":"spca-of-texas-seizes-16-dogs-from-gregg-county-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=282706","title":{"rendered":"SPCA of Texas Seizes 16 Dogs from Gregg County Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/11\/SPCA-of-Texas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/11\/SPCA-of-Texas.jpg\" alt=\"SPCA of Texas\" width=\"122\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282754\" \/><\/a>GREGG COUNTY \u2013 On Tuesday, under the authority of the Gregg Sheriff\u2019s Office, the SPCA of Texas seized 16 allegedly cruelly treated dogs from a property in Gregg County.  According to the SPCA, the dogs are very thin and many have lacerations and scars on their bodies. Additionally, the property contained items that the SPCA says are consistent with dogfighting. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Gregg County Sheriff\u2019s Office contacted the SPCA of Texas about the matter. The SPCA of Texas Rescue and Investigations team visited the property that day and reportedly saw 16 dogs chained up to the ground, which officials say is in violation of the Texas Health and Safety Code. The SPCA of Texas and Gregg County Sheriff\u2019s Office concurred that it was in the animals&#8217; best interest to remove the animals, and the Gregg County Sheriff\u2019s Office sought a seizure warrant.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say due to the dogs\u2019 condition, the SPCA of Texas and the Gregg County Sheriff\u2019s Office concurred that the animals needed to be removed from the property and the SPCA of Texas transported the dogs to an undisclosed location until the custody hearing.  That hearing will be held on Thursday, November 21, at 1:45 p.m., in the Justice of the Peace Pct. 3 courthouse in Gladewater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREGG COUNTY \u2013 On Tuesday, under the authority of the Gregg Sheriff\u2019s Office, the SPCA of Texas seized 16 allegedly cruelly treated dogs from a property in Gregg County. According to the SPCA, the dogs are very thin and many have lacerations and scars on their bodies. Additionally, the property contained items that the SPCA &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=282706\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SPCA of Texas Seizes 16 Dogs from Gregg County Property<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-09 07:23:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=282706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282764,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282706\/revisions\/282764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}