State police have charged a Beaufort County man with dogfighting after finding nine animals with signs of abuse outside his Seabrook home. A total of 10 dogs from the property were placed under the care of an animal welfare nonprofit.
Spencer Lamont Moultrie, 54, was charged Monday morning with ill treatment of animals and a violation of South Carolina’s Animal Fighting and Baiting Act. The 1986 law prohibits owning an animal for the purpose of fighting as well as permitting others to use a location for animal fighting.
Both offenses are felonies. Moultrie’s charge under the Animal Fighting and Baiting Act carries a punishment of five years in prison or a $5,000 fine, or both…