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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man has been charged with animal cruelty after reportedly admitting to raping a dog.

Early Thanksgiving morning, police were called to a home in the 1900 block of Hartland.

A woman said she came home to find her dog limping and found obvious injuries near the dog’s anus.

The woman told police a man who had been home with the dog, Daryl Music, admitted to raping the dog.

Music is charged with criminal offense against animals.