Parker Co.: Good Housekeeping award, pet owner of the year

[seamusTX]

Police served a bad check warrant on 48-year-old woman in rural Parker County (west of Ft. Worth). They allegedly found a 1-year-old baby in a crib in a room with 58 dogs. The house was reported full of animal waste, and some of the animals were in poor condition, lacking food or water. Two animals were euthanized at the scene.

The suspect is charged with child endangerment. The baby is not her child. The relationship is not explained.

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I don't know how people who are not mentally ill get into this condition, but they do—altogether too frequently.

- Jim

[speedsix]

...SO went there on a tip about dogs in bad conditions...found the outstanding warrant as they talked with her...the baby was her grandchild...poor kid!!!

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[seamusTX]

The house didn't get that way in one day. The kid's mother must have known what the situation was. I understand that it's difficult for parents to get reliable child care, but sheesh.

Also note most of the comments on these stories are about the "poor doggies," not the poor baby.

- Jim

[seamusTX]

As of Monday five family members including the baby's mother had been arrested on various charges of child endangerment and animal cruelty.

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The cream of the gene pool.

- Jim

[TxA]

The cream of the gene pool.

"Amanda Gayle Weldon, 29, of Fort Worth, the child’s mother. She was arrested this weekend while visiting a relative at the Westworth Village Jail."

"It was the second time in a week that Teresa Weldon was arrested. On Wednesday, the grandmother who was arrested on a Tarrant County theft warrant as authorities seized the dogs."

A sad situation for all invovled.

[seamusTX]

It's probably not a great idea to visit someone in jail when you have an open warrant.

But then I don't think a lot of great idea were flying around there.

- Jim