Constable: 2 Texas teens behead 1 llama, shoot another
CYPRESS, Texas -- Two high school students have been arrested after authorities in Texas say they beheaded a llama and shot another one.
Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen says the two 16-year-old boys were arrested Thursday and have each been charged with one count of animal cruelty and two counts of criminal trespass.
Rosen says the teenagers, who are students at Tomball High School, went onto the Figment Ranch in Cypress and decapitated one of the animals and shot the other in the neck on March 6.
Rosen called it one of the most disturbing animal cruelty cases of recent months in the Houston area, according to CBS affiliate KHOU.
"What we worry about is someone who's willing to do that will transition to doing this to humans. This is a segue to doing other things," Rosen said. "That was a big area of concern for us."
The llama that was shot survived. Authorities say the motive for the incident is unclear at this time. The teenagers have not been identified.