animals were to be used in santeria ritual sacrifice.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/2...d-but-not.html
Armenteros and Arroyo were arrested and charged with 22 counts of felony animal cruelty after telling Dominguez that they planned to make a Santeria ritual “offering’’ of the animals, reported WFOR-CBS 4.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%...and_criticisms
but it looks like that animal cruelty laws targeted specifically at Yoruba were unconstitutional? they may be able to get off?