Why are dozens of Quail Creek pets dead, missing?
• Originally published May 25, 2010 at 6:42 p.m., updated May 26, 2010 at 12:20 p.m. • HAVE A QUESTION FOR ‘WATCHDOG?’ To submit questions, e-mail watchdog@vicad.com, post them to the “Watchdog” blog or call Advocate Public Service Editor Gabe Semenza at 361-580-6519. No topic is off-limits. Dozens of pets in the Quail Creek subdivision have turned up dead or missing, residents say. Neighbors here are worried someone is poisoning the animals – or worse. The problem became so widespread local politicians and law enforcement became involved. Now, neighbors wonder what to do if the pet deaths and disappearances continue. ‘SOMETHING’S GOING ON’ About 20 Quail Creek neighbors stood outside a Golden Eye Loop trailer home on Friday night. The crowd gathered to discuss residents of the trailer home next door. Tension between the neighborhood at large and David and Cynthia Paradez seems to only worsen. That’s partly because the Paredezes openly trap stray neighborhood pets that roam onto their
