Two people arrested for throwing puppies in dumpster; dogs rescued by neighbor
OPELOUSAS – Deputies in St. Landry Parish arrested a woman accused of throwing two puppies in a dumpster and a man who was with her when she discarded the animals.
The sheriff’s office shared a video of the pair, identified as Jasmine Mounton and Kendall Tyler, walking past a dumpster behind Sebastian Westend Seafood. The video shows Mounton carrying a puppy, opening a dumpster and tossing the dog in before grabbing another puppy and throwing it in as well. The woman left the dumpster lid open as she walked away.
Deputies said a neighbor spotted the dogs and rescued them.
Mounton and Tyler were arrested for animal cruelty and booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail.
