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ARLINGTON, Texas, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- An international pet wholesaler accused of mistreating exotic pets can't get 27,000 seized animals back, a Texas judge ruled.
Judge Jennifer Rymell of Tarrant County, Texas, Court said Saturday that U.S. Global Exotics cannot regain custody of the animals, seized Dec. 15 by the city of Arlington, Texas, in one of the biggest animal cruelty cases in U.S. history, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported.
An earlier ruling by a city judge had ordered the seizure of mostly reptiles and amphibians from the wholesaler after it was determined they were confined in dirty cages without the proper amounts of food and water.
Rymell's ruling upheld the earlier decision and cannot be appealed, the newspaper said.
Arlington city officials have indicated they will turn the exotic pets over to the SPCA of Texas, which has provided care for them since the December raid.
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