Months after being seized from a Buda-area home in late 2018, dozens of animals are still receiving treatment at the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter.     While shelter officials continue to deal with the fallout from the incident, they’ve also received assistance from the community at-large. When...

Allegations of allowing children to live in a home with animal feces, dead rats and diseased cats led law enforcement officials to arrest a Buda couple on felony child endangerment charges. The arrests come after a Hays County investigation led to the seizure of more than 170 total cats and dogs Nov...

A Buda area couple at the center of a November animal seizure case have now been arrested on multiple felony charges. Thomas Caffey, 47, of Buda, was arrested Dec. 3 on two counts of Child Endangerment Criminal Negligence, a state-jail felony. Melissa Caffey, 49, of Buda, was arrested Dec. 4 on two ...

A $1,750 fine and forfeiture of more than 170 animals was the ruling issued Nov. 8 to a Buda-area homeowner accused of holding cats and dogs in “unhealthy conditions.” Hays County Pct. 5 Justice of the Peace Scott Cary issued the ruling against Buda area resident Melissa Caffey in a signed agreement...