A man from Anza, California has been charged with two charges of animal cruelty after decapitating his horse then feeding its head to his dogs.

Riverside County Assistant District Attorney Chuck Hughes said that the two counts of cruelty are neglect and then the physical harm. If convicted, sixty four year old Jack Mark Ziniuk could go to prison for four and a half years.

Mr Ziniuk claims that his horse had been attacked by dogs and was having seizures so he beat it to death with a sledgehammer then cut of its head and gave it to his dogs.