Come On, Baylor

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Let's go back to 2001.  Some Baylor student baseball athletes went to a Mexican drive-thru restaurant, near campus, and saw a cat at the restaurant.  The employees called the cat Queso.  One of the students shot the cat with a BB gun, picked it up and drove away with the cat.  An employee with the restaurant saw what happened and called the police.  The police were able to locate the students in their vehicle.  What the police found was horrifying.   The cat had been skinned and beheaded.  The students were arrested for animal cruelty.  Fast forward to the first trial.  The Judge had to throw out the case because, back in 2001, stray and feral cats (unowned animals) were not protected under the cruelty statue.  Citizens and animal advocates were infuriated.  News media from around the country reported on the case.  Many animal loving citizens worked on changing the law and in 2007, "Queso's Law" was born.  This law expanded the cruelty statue to include feral and stray cats.

 

​You can also read the statue changes under Baylor Law Review 2008 or search "Queso's Law" on the internet. 

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See Texas Penal Code 42.092 Cruelty to Non Livestock Animals. ​

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