‘Wound infested with maggots’: 128 chickens, 3 peacocks, finch and dog in poor health seized from home, reports say

The Pima County Sheriff’s Office arrested Trista Tramposch and Anthony Nunez, both 53, on animal neglect charges after deputies found 128 chickens, three chicks, three peacocks, three geese, three dogs, one cat, one finch and 177 incubated eggs, reports say. The animals were seized and one of the dogs, a German Shepard named Hank, was in such poor health he had to be euthanized. (Pima County Sheriff’s Office)

Authorities in Arizona seized 128 chickens, three chicks, three peacocks, three geese, three dogs, one cat, one finch and 177 incubated eggs from a home after they were found in poor health, according to Tucson ABC affiliate KGUN.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Office arrested Trista Tramposch and Anthony Nunez, both 53, on animal neglect charges, the TV station and other media outlets posted. A dog seized from the property, a German Shepard named Hank, was in such poor health he had to be euthanized.

Hank had “multiple infections to include Valley Fever and a wound invested with maggots,” a portion of the probable cause arrest affidavit posted by KGUN said. “[A veterinarian] also said the infections could have come from other animals. Hank was noted as having an infection on his back left foot, had half the blood count that he should, open wounds and sores in his mouth and infection of the liver and kidneys.”