OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been arrested on a warrant charging him with animal cruelty after officials say he starved two pit bull dogs to death.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that officers with the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force arrested 43-year-old Shane Palmer on Tuesday morning following an investigation by the Nebraska Humane Society.
Officials say the carcasses of two male dogs were found Jan. 9 after they had been thrown into a ravine east of Palmer’s house in north Omaha. Officials say one of the dogs had been microchipped, which led investigators to Palmer.
A necropsy showed the dogs, named Pokie and Boss, died primarily of starvation, with hypothermia as a secondary cause.