{"id":380537,"date":"2026-07-21T04:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380537\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:34:07","slug":"3-animals-found-dead-inside-vehicle-at-downtown-parking-lot-acs-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380537\/","title":{"rendered":"3 animals found dead inside vehicle at downtown parking lot, ACS says"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACS and SAPD received a report regarding a strong odor coming from a car in the 100 block of West Nueva Street<\/p>\n

An Animal Care Services (ACS) vehicle. (KSAT)<\/p>\n

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 An investigation is underway after at least three animals were found dead Monday inside a vehicle in a downtown parking lot, San Antonio Animal Care Services said in a news release.<\/p>\n

ACS and the San Antonio Police Department received a report regarding a strong odor coming from a car in the 100 block of West Nueva Street. <\/p>\n

Officers found evidence of \u201cheavily decomposed animal remains\u201d inside the vehicle, ACS said. It appeared to be up to three deceased dogs. <\/p>\n

The agency said the number and identities of the animals, as well as their cause of death, will be confirmed following veterinary examination and a necropsy. <\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough preliminary evidence suggests the animals likely died from heat exposure, that determination has not yet been formally confirmed,\u201d ACS said. <\/p>\n

ACS and SAPD are reviewing other evidence found in the vehicle and are working jointly to identify the person or persons responsible, according to the agency. <\/p>\n

ACS urges anyone who sees an animal confined in a vehicle that appears to be in danger to call 911 immediately. <\/p>\n

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About the AuthorAndrea K. Moreno headshotAndrea K. Moreno<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrea K. Moreno is a Digital Journalist at KSAT. She graduated from Texas State University with an electronic media degree and a minor in psychology. She also attended San Antonio College, where she held several positions at The Ranger, now known as The Sundial, for three years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ACS and SAPD received a report regarding a strong odor coming from a car in the 100 block…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31199,244,993,82,84,83,632],"class_list":["post-380537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-acs","tag-animals","tag-downtown","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-sapd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}