ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man has been accused of having a dozen malnourished cows and improperly burying several cows that had recently died.
David Howard Walker, 81, turned himself in Saturday to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, news outlets reported.
Animal control officials received information about potentially malnourished cows and searched a property Jan. 15, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office spokesman J.T. Foster told news outlets. A search warrant led officials to take 12 cows from the property to a clinic, he said.
Animal control officials also found six cows that had recently died had not been properly buried, news outlets reported.
Walker was charged with 12 counts of ill treatment to animals and six counts of failure to bury. He was booked into the Anderson County Detention Center. It’s unclear whether he had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
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