A North Carolina man was arrested after detectives found an elderly woman living with more than 40 feral, wolf-hybrid dogs inside his “uninhabitable” home.
Melvin “Sonny” Berry was charged on Wednesday with one count of felony domestic elderly abuse/ neglect with serious injuries, a local ordinance charge, and two dozen misdemeanor animal cruelty counts.
An elderly woman was found injured, living in Berry’s Denton area home with more than 40 wolf-hybrid dogs which likely inflicted her injuries.
“Deputies found the inside and the outside conditions of the residence to be uninhabitable for people and dogs,” the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office said.
Authorities described the animals as “not social” and later “determined to be feral” before euthanizing them to protect public safety.
