PLEASE CALL AND OR EMAIL THE DA'S LISTED BELOW REQUEST CHARGES AND OFFER TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT ON THIS HORSE ABUSE: Stacie Laine Soape of Soape Performance Horses
Tatum Texas Church Barrel Racing Event
Incident Occurred: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019
Stacie REPEATEDLY shocked and electrocute the horse, kicked it repeatedly with Spurs and created so much pain and suffering that the horse tore down fencing and gating at the event.
Prior Felony Conviction Involving animals: Harrison County 71st District Court Judge Brad Morin sentenced the defendant, Stacie Laine Soape, 44, of Carthage, Texas, after reviewing the joint investigation by Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Special Ranger Larry Hand and Harrison County Sheriff’s Investigator BJ Fletcher. Stacie Laine Soape pleaded guilty to being involved in a Sept. 30, 2014, theft of 12 head of cattle and ranching equipment from a rancher in Harrison County, located about 60 miles southeast of Tyler
Penal code section:
Sec. 42.09. CRUELTY TO LIVESTOCK ANIMALS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly:
(1) tortures a livestock animal;
(2) fails unreasonably to provide necessary food, water, or care for a livestock animal in the person's custody;
(3) abandons unreasonably a livestock animal in the person's custody;
(4) transports or confines a livestock animal in a cruel and unusual manner;
(5) administers poison to a livestock animal, other than cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or goats, belonging to another without legal authority or the owner's effective consent;
(6) causes one livestock animal to fight with another livestock animal or with an animal as defined by Section 42.092;
(7) uses a live livestock animal as a lure in dog race training or in dog coursing on a racetrack;
(8) trips a horse; or
(9) seriously overworks a livestock animal.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Abandon" includes abandoning a livestock animal in the person's custody without making reasonable arrangements for assumption of custody by another person.
(2) "Cruel manner" includes a manner that causes or permits unjustified or unwarranted pain or suffering.
(3) "Custody" includes responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of a livestock animal subject to the person's care and control, regardless of ownership of the livestock animal.
(4) "Depredation" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.001, Parks and Wildlife Code.
(5) "Livestock animal" means:
(A) cattle, sheep, swine, goats, ratites, or poultry commonly raised for human consumption;
(B) a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny;
(C) native or nonnative hoofstock raised under agriculture practices; or
(D) native or nonnative fowl commonly raised under agricultural practices.
(6) "Necessary food, water, or care" includes food, water, or care provided to the extent required to maintain the livestock animal in a state of good health.
(7) "Torture" includes any act that causes unjustifiable pain or suffering.
(8) "Trip" means to use an object to cause a horse to fall or lose its balance.
Criminal District Attorney / Panola County Texas
Danny Buck Davidson
108 S. Sycamore, Room 301
Carthage, TX 75633
Phone: (903) 693-0310
Fax: (903) 693-0368
Email: danny.davidson@co.panola.tx.us
County & District Attorney / Rusk County Texas
Micheal E. Jimerson
115 North Main Street
Suite 302
Henderson, Texas 75652
Phone: 903-657-2265
Fax: 903-657-0329
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