{"id":482065,"date":"2026-10-31T04:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T04:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482065\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T04:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T04:28:08","slug":"questions-raised-around-how-harris-county-precinct-4-disposes-of-dead-animals-along-roadways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482065\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions raised around how Harris County Precinct 4 disposes of dead animals along roadways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/j16994rdgyby3cwn.jpg\" alt=\"Questions raised over dead animals disposed on roadways\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/j16994rdgyby3cwn.jpg\" alt=\"Questions raised over dead animals disposed on roadways\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-fab1b86c=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas &#8211; Tipsters tell FOX 26 that Harris County Precinct 4 employees have been dumping dead dogs and other animals along county roadways.<\/p>\n<p>   Harris County Precinct 4 accused of dumping dead animals <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">A Harris County employee not with Precinct 4 took video of 55-gallon trash bags filled with dead animals left in an open hole. He says what caught his attention was the number of buzzards in the area.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">The employee says he shot the video on property belonging to Precinct 4 located near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Hwy+6+%26+Clay+Rd,+Houston,+TX+77084\/@29.8409032,-95.6516003,14z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640da1e022896a1:0xdcc49c2fc5225fd4!8m2!3d29.8359428!4d-95.6457524!16s%2Fg%2F11hb5dgmkv?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MTAyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clay Road and Highway 6<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">&#8220;They are taking these bags, stuffing them into the ground. You essentially have this massive hole, massive graves of dogs or road kill animals collected by the county,&#8221; the employee tells FOX 26.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">We spoke to a woman who asked that we not use her name. She lives in an apartment complex near the Precinct 4 property and told us there&#8217;s a stench coming from the dead animals being dumped.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">&#8220;They dump animals back there,&#8221; she said.&#8221;I live right here, and you can see from the balcony dumping animals over there. I can see all of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Precinct 4 commissioner responds <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">The other side:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">The office of Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones sent the following statement to FOX 26 in response to the claims:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">&#8220;Precinct 4 crews pick up deceased animals on county roads and county-maintained right-of-way to protect the safety and health of our residents. Those animals are humanely buried on county maintenance property consistent with public health best practices and in full compliance with <a href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/?tab=1&amp;code=HS&amp;chapter=HS.361&amp;artSec=361.117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Texas Health and Safety Code Section 361.117<\/a>.\u00a0Public safety is Commissioner Lesley Briones\u2019 top priority, and that includes the health of our residents and ensuring roadways are free of debris and waste. We encourage anyone with a concern to call 832-927-4444.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Anonymous residents and the Office of Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/harris-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harris County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas &#8211; Tipsters tell FOX 26 that Harris County Precinct 4 employees have been dumping dead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[405,56,58,57,223,5163,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-482065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-harris-county","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-pets-animals","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482065","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=482065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}