DAVIE, Fla., July 20 (UPI) -- A Florida man has been arrested on animal cruelty charges for allegedly kicking a pet prairie dog to death, authorities said.
Police said Pedro Godales, 26, of Davie, Fla., was arrested Monday after he tossed a cage containing two pet prairie dogs against a wall and fatally kicked one of the stout-bodied rodents, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.