On March of 2021, investigators with the Sheriff’s Office heard of animal cruelty going on at Rancho El Centenario. Given the nature of the complaints and the resources that would be needed, I contacted the US Department of Agriculture to investigate the complaints. In April of 2021, we met with federal investigators and the case was turned over to them for investigaton and prosecution. Myself, along with GBI and the District Attorneys office met with the investigator, to go over case facts of the case in October 2021. We were scheduled to meet with the federal investigator in March of 2022. The investigator with the US Department of Agriculture advised us that P.E.T.A. was going to release their findings, if they didn’t act on the evidence they had prior to March 2022. In April of this year, we had not heard from the agent. We were advised he was transferred or no longer with the Deptartment of Agriculture. We were never advised that he had been transferred and the case was evidently not reassigned. Subsiquently, P.E.T.A. and the Washington Post released their findings.
I have spoken with District Attorney Jonathan Adams on what steps, if any, can be taken to move forward with the case.
We certainly do not condone the activities going on at the track. The videos and pictures were sickening and sad. It is our goal to bring justice to the animals that were injected with this poison. I have asked the commissioners to see if they have any legal recourse, to revoke any permits, that the track is under.
Sheriff Brad White
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