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Man sentenced to eight years in prison for abusing animals

Jonathan David Casanova Garcia was arrested after someone reported his disturbing social media posts to police

Jonathan David Casanova Garcia was arrested in Jan. 2023 and charged with bestiality. (BCSO/KSAT)

SAN ANTONIO – A man was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for animal abuse.

Judge Ron Rangel, of the 379th District Court, sentenced Jonathan David Casanova Garcia, 20, to prison on a charge of cruelty-non-livestock-fight.

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According to San Antonio Animal Care Services, Garcia was arrested in 2023 on a bestiality charge following a joint investigation by the San Antonio Police Department.

ACS determined he had recorded himself hurting a dog. The video and other instances of significant animal abuse were found on Garcia’s social media accounts.

The canine that Garcia abused, a young male Boxer, was rescued by ACS and later adopted into a new home.

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