But even this did not prepare the organization for the volume of cases to come.
A dog is found outside of a Houston auto body shop in freezing temperatures.
From Houston SPCA via CNN
Dogs are being found abandoned and freezing
On Monday, the SPCA investigation team responded to a report of six dogs left outside an auto body shop.
One dog was dead and covered in snow, another was alive but emaciated. The five living dogs were taken to the local SPCA campus where they were immediately seen by a veterinary team, the organization said.
The area where the dogs were found registered at 18 degrees.
Owners of pets left to freeze in Texas winter storm may face criminal charges
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A dog sits on a wooden pallet outside a house that SPCA investigators came to check on while doing an animal welfare check Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 in Houston. With frigid temperatures forecast in Texas and the Houston area, the SPCA investigators made their rounds to various parts of the city to check on animals and their well being, and to also give out blankets and give animal owners tips on keeping their animals from the freezing weather.Brett Coomer/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Owners of pets left to freeze in winter storm may face criminal charges, Harris County official says
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A dog sits on a wooden pallet outside a house that SPCA investigators came to check on while doing an animal welfare check Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 in Houston. With frigid temperatures forecast in Texas and the Houston area, the SPCA investigators made their rounds to various parts of the city to check on animals and their well being, and to also give out blankets and give animal owners tips on keeping their animals from the freezing weather.Brett Coomer/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Animal cruelty investigators responding to reports of pets left outside in cold
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Sgt. Darlene Chandler with Harris County Precinct 1 Animal Cruelty Unit and investigators with the Houston SPCA spent Wednesday responding to reports of animals possibly left in the cold.
“We’re going to remove this dog under what’s called exigent circumstances due to the inclement weather also due to him being abandoned,” Chandler said.
On one particular call in a neighborhood just north of downtown, a senior dog believed to have been abandoned for days and whose water bowel had frozen over was rescued Wednesday afternoon.
“Kind of like a relief you know, like you, don’t want to see him out there like that,” said neighbor Becka Johnson said.
Houston pet owners: It s illegal to leave your pet outside in freezing temps
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A dog sits on a wooden pallet outside a house that SPCA investigators came to check on while doing an animal welfare check Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 in Houston. With frigid temperatures forecast in Texas and the Houston area, the SPCA investigators made their rounds to various parts of the city to check on animals and their well being, and to also give out blankets and give animal owners tips on keeping their animals from the freezing weather.Brett Coomer/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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SPCA investigators Jay Chase, left, and D Questyn Coleman check on a pair of dogs that were reported to be chained up outside a house during recent inclement weather while doing an animal welfare check Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 in Houston. With frigid temperatures forecast in Texas and the Houston area, the SPCA investigators made their rounds to various parts of the city to check on ani