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Veterinarian arrested for caging animals in dirty clinic

FORT WORTH, Texas — State officials have suspended a Texas veterinarian’s license after he admitted telling some clients he would euthanize their pets but instead kept them in cages at his clinic.

The Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners temporarily suspended Dr. Lucien Tierce’s license Thursday, a day after he was arrested on animal cruelty charges. He was released on $10,000 bond.

Jamie (from left), Cole, Case and Marian Harris are reunited with their Leonberger, Sid, after he allegedly was caged for a year by Dr. Lucien Tierce.AP

The board says agents searching his Camp Bowie Animal Clinic in Fort Worth found “animal organs in jars” and “stacks of drugs, trash, laundry” and bugs throughout the clinic.

The search came after a former client alleged that Tierce told her that her dog needed to be euthanized, but he instead kept the dog for months for blood transfusions.

Investigators say Tierce acknowledged his clinic was unsanitary. His clinic declined comment Thursday.