LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Authorities are investigating multiple dogs found dead inside a U-Haul.
Officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 3100 block of North Tenaya Way, near Cheyenne Avenue, to a report of an unattended animal in distress inside a vehicle.
Officers were able to rescue one dog but reportedly located six dogs of small and large breeds dead in the back of the truck.
Officers found who they believe to be the owner of the vehicle, and that person has been taken in for questioning.
Investigators weren't able to say if this was related to a case of animal hoarding.
Other animals, including a couple dogs and a couple cats, were located inside a secondary vehicle also connected to the possible owner. However, those animals were in the air conditioning, so they were recovered safetly.
This is an ongoing investigation.
