Records reveal dog adoptees found dead, raising questions about oversight

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — It started with a picture: records show a man posing proudly with a dog he had just adopted from The Animal Foundation. Weeks later, that same dog — a pit bull named Ribbit — was found dead.

WATCH | Alyssa Bethencourt looks into the records on Ribbit's death Records Reveal Dog Adoptees Found Dead, Raising questions About Oversight

Now, newly obtained records from Clark County Animal Protection Services (APS) confirm that Ribbit wasn’t the only animal linked to the same adopter who died shortly after leaving the shelter. Another dog, Canela, also adopted from The Animal Foundation by the same person, later died under circumstances that remain unclear in the records.

According to APS records, the adopter — identified as Flavio Garcia — is facing only citations rather