Emaciated dogs seized in cruelty case

Marion police are awaiting a veterinarian’s assessment of two emaciated dogs police took to the clinic after seizing them from property in the 300 block of S. Cedar St. after receiving a call that dogs were being abused there.

Chief Aaron Slater said no dogs were found when officer Kaylan Miles went to the address Friday.

He returned to the residence Saturday and found two dogs that appeared they were not being fed. He took the dogs to Animal Health Center to be evaluated.

As of Tuesday, police were awaiting results of the veterinarian’s examination.

Slater said that if the examination showed no sign of a physical condition that would explain the dogs’ emaciated condition, a report would be sent to the county attorney seeking two charges of animal abuse against the dogs’ owner.