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Dozens of animal carcasses found at South Valley home
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Dozens of animal carcasses found at South Valley home
dozens of dead animals--includin g a zoo animal-- are found stockpiled on a property in the south valley. the man accused of hording the carcasses has a license to dispose of them-- but something went wrong. cristina rodda is live from arenal near coors where the city found the animal carcasses. cristina what’s happpening now? just a few minutes some of the dozens of dead animals found on this property were removed-- county officials even had to use a back hoe . environemntal health officials say ruben saavedra-- is authorized to dispose animal carcasses. problem is he had dozens of dead sheep, three dead horses and other carcasses in a horse trailer and in a dump trailer — behind his home. they even found minute thumbnail 05:00 pm the carcass of sally, a rhinosaurs from the albuquerque zoo. the city's spokesman says sally was euthanized in late december. the rhinosaurus was transported to the new mexico department of agriculture for testing since the animal was diseased. afterwards the biopark zoo asked the department of agriculture if they could dispose of the rhinosaurus and we were told the state would do it. the city spokesmans says it turns out the state contracted ruben saavedra to do it for them. " it wasn't until late last night when our bio park director rick jancer received a call from the state veterinarian that that had not happened and we were then surprised and outraged to learn that the rhinosauras was here on this property. the county says saavadra could face civil or criminal penalties for hoarding the dead animals since it poses a health risk. we are told neighbors in the area reported the bad smell to police. saavedra told authorities a family member is sick and that caused him to fall behind in minute thumbnail 05:01 pm disposing the animals. we contacted the new mexico department of agriculture in las cruces-- we were told there is no one in the office that can give us a statement until tomorrow. live from arenal near coors cristina r...
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Date Found: June 02, 2011
Date Produced: June 02, 2011
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