SAN ANTONIO – A man was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for animal abuse.
Judge Ron Rangel, of the 379th District Court, sentenced Jonathan David Casanova Garcia, 20, to prison on a charge of cruelty-non-livestock-fight.
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According to San Antonio Animal Care Services, Garcia was arrested in 2023 on a bestiality charge following a joint investigation by the San Antonio Police Department.
ACS determined he had recorded himself hurting a dog. The video and other instances of significant animal abuse were found on Garcia’s social media accounts.
The canine that Garcia abused, a young male Boxer, was rescued by ACS and later adopted into a new home.
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