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Eight Greyhounds from Closed Track in Guam
Arrive in New Mexico to be Adopted
ALBUQUERQUE — The announcement went out from the Guam Greyhound Park in November 2008—the track had closed and 150 greyhounds were available for free to anyone who wanted them. No applications. No instructions. No waiting.
What resulted was people showing up and taking greyhounds home in twos and threes, to be used as guard dogs, to be bred to make money from them, to be used in dog fighting. In the following weeks and months, greyhounds were running loose in the streets, some found starving in the jungle, or in rapidly declining health, chained to automobiles or boats. One resident complained his greyhound was useless—he didn’t bark or anything.
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KRQE-TV 13 coverage on Guam dogs. 
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Guilty Verdict in Animal Cruelty Case
Sentenced by Silver City Judge
Trinity ready to enjoy retirement with her family
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Trinity and her humans, the Davises of Silver City, visit the APNM office in Albuquerque. |
Animal Protection of New Mexico helped to publicize the story of a young female dog whose abuse was initially discovered by a woman driving along Ridge Road near a Silver City dump in August of 2007.
Mary Billings came upon the white dog, barely alive, on the side of the road. Billings stopped to help.
The dog was almost starved to death, she had two inches of bare bone showing over one rear foot that was black with decomposition, and she had been shot in the forehead with a small caliber gun. The veterinarian who treated Trinity had to remove her mangled leg.
Early in July of 2008, Grant County Crime Stoppers contacted APNM and shared information about the case. They asked for APNM’s assistance in republicizing the year-old case because there had been no arrest. Many residents of Silver City, including Ray Davis, the man who adopted the dog, and the veterinarian who had saved her—all wanted to see justice done on her behalf. Davis had named the dog Trinity.
On the weekend of July 11, the horror story that described one cruelty after another that Trinity had suffered the year before was told on Albuquerque’s evening newscasts for ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates.
An arrest was made weeks later, and after initially pleading not guilty in August 2008, Phillip R. Narvaez changed his plea to guilty when he faced the judge in March 2009.
On March 23, 2009, Judge Ron Hall sentenced Narvaez to 200 hours of community service and unsupervised probation for 364 days, in lieu of 364 days in jail. He was ordered to have a mental health screening and follow resulting recommendations. Narvaez must pay fines including court costs, totalling $367.
Case closed.
A grinning American bulldog and her proud humans visited the APNM offices this week.
Davis says Trinity goes everywhere with him, and wherever she goes, she seems to like everyone she meets. “She must be very forgiving,” Davis stated to APNM staff.
Congratulations to the citizens of Grant County for their persistence in seeing that Trinity’s abuser faced up to the consequences of his actions.
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