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Police charged a Vietnamese man with animal cruelty after he allegedly strapped a cow on a flatbed trailer in Georgia.
According to a report from the Danielsville Police Department, on Nov. 27, an officer saw a white Kia Sorento heading east on Highway 98 with a live cow tied onto a trailer being towed. The cow was strapped down at each hoof on its stomach and appeared to be wounded in both legs. The driver, 43-year-old Phong Thanh Tran, told the officer that the cow had a broken leg and was given to him by a friend. Tran told the officer that he was taking the cow to a meat processor in Nicholson, Ga.
Phong Thanh Tran was arrested with animal cruelty for strapping a cow down on a flatbed and transporting it to a meat processor. (Photo courtesy Danielsville PD)
When contacted by the officer, the meat processor said that Tran did not have an appointment and would need one in order to have such a large animal processed. The officer arrested Tran for violations of the Danielsville Animal Care Ordinance. He was taken to Madison County Detention Center and charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty. The cow was taken to an animal processing and terminated. The body of the cow was handed over to Tran’s wife.
