On July 21, 2013 Pima County deputies responded to a report of three penned horses that were possibly starving. When deputies arrived, it was discovered that there were horses and dogs that appeared to be emaciated.
A Pima Animal Care Center officer also responded to the property to view the animals. Sheriff’s Department detectives took over the investigation. A search warrant was issued and detectives found that one dog and two horses were severely emaciated. The owner, 62-year-old Dennis Woblick, owned three dogs and three horses at the time. The horses were sent to Healing Hearts Rescue and Refuge in the Wilcox area. The dogs were sent to Pima Animal Care Center.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, since that time, the horses have been rehabilitated and have recovered to proper physical condition. The dogs were rehabilitated and adopted through Pima Animal Care Center. Dennis Woblick pled guilty to one charge of Felony Animal Cruelty.
Woblick will be sentenced on May 28, 2014.