A Fort Bliss soldier finds himself behind bars on charges of animal cruelty after a video circulating on social media depicted a dog being mishandled under the El Paso sun. In a statement provided to KFOX-TV, the El Paso Police Department revealed that 46-year-old David Anthony Scott was arrested and is facing the charge of “cruelty to non-livestock animals: kill/poison/serious bodily injury,” a third-degree felony. The gravity of these accusations reflects not just the act caught on camera, but a society increasingly intolerant of such abuses against creatures unable to voice their suffering.
An earlier investigation, launched on May 29 in response to the distressing footage, led authorities to the 11800 block of Gateway West. The video showed a dog, tethered to a truck, enduring the relentless heat outside a restaurant. Under the threat of the sun’s unforgiving rays, the dog, as reported by ABC-7 Alert Center, was seen “slipping off and hanging from its collar, not touching the ground.” This ensured the launch of a full investigation into animal cruelty…