STURGIS, S.D. – Sturgis Police and the Meade County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people Saturday for animal neglect.
Sturgis Police Chief Geody Vandewater says they received a report of dogs being neglected on Friday. Officers responded to the scene, where a rental truck was parked in a vacant lot across the Common Cents store just off I-90’s Exit 32.
Officers addressed the neglect with the owners.
However, on Saturday, another complaint was received and the dogs were found in distress and the owners didn’t have any food for water for the six dogs. Furthermore, Vandewater says all the dogs were also being kept in kennels in the back of the rental truck.
Due to the dogs’ condition, officers placed the owners under arrest for animal neglect. Their names have not yet been released.
The Meade County/Sturgis Animal Shelter confiscated the dogs and they are now under their care.
The rental truck was subsequently towed.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol also responded to the scene.
