Submitted by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office
LAFAYETTE, LA (August 22, 2024) – A Lafayette man is under arrest, charged with more than two dozen counts of Cruelty to Animals, following an investigation by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Lafayette Animal Control Officers recently contacted the sheriff’s office for assistance with a case involving several pigs at a property in the 100 block of Sellers Road.
The property owner, Harold Davis, 61, has previously been issued numerous citations by animal control officers for both Roaming at Large and Cleanliness of Property.
Evidence obtained by the sheriff’s office revealed that the pigs’ living conditions and the state of the property violated Louisiana law’s requirements for proper animal care.
As a result of the investigation, the pigs were seized from the property by Lafayette Animal Control Officers; Davis was arrested and booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on 29 counts of Cruelty to Animals.
