Texas authorities: At least 12 arrested for animal ritual

SAN ANTONIO — Authorities in Texas have arrested at least a dozen people for animal cruelty after interrupting what they believe was ritual sacrifice.

The San Antonio Express-News reports that Bexar County sheriff’s deputies found dead and dismembered animals in a San Antonio-area home Friday night after receiving calls that animals were being sacrificed.

Sgt. Elizabeth Gonzalez says that deputies saw more than a dozen people inside a garage where a woman was cutting up animal parts while another person was draining the blood of a chicken into a container.

Gonzalez says, “It appears that they were having some sort of unknown ritual.”

Deputies found additional mutilated animals in the residence, including goat heads and more chickens.

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Gonzalez says between 12 and 14 people were arrested and will face misdemeanour charges of cruelty to non-livestock animals.

The Associated Press