TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Four horses have been found dead in Tulare County and a man is now in custody.
Investigators looking into an animal cruelty case say they found four dead yearlings and a severely sick mule in Porterville.
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Detectives discovered there was no water on the property for the animals.
They later tracked down 53-year-old Juan Vega Ponce of Delano and learned he had not checked on the animals in at least 10 days.
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He has been arrested for animal cruelty and is booked into the South County Detention Facility.