//'Help us save lives': Animal cruelty cases are surging in freezing Texas

'Help us save lives': Animal cruelty cases are surging in freezing Texas

Related video above: Ranch helping rescue animals in TexasOn a normal day, the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gets 25-30 calls reporting animal cruelty.But since winter storms have pummeled Texas with power and water outages, that number has spiked to around 150 per day, the organization told CNN.”The neglect is already there,” Julie Kuenstle, Houston SPCA vice president of communications, said.