A Baltimore County lawyer and his wife will ask the Court of Appeals to throw out nearly $17,000 in restitution that was part of their sentencing on animal cruelty charges. Hilton and Donna Silver initially pleaded guilty to one count of animal cruelty in Baltimore County District Court in August 2009 for neglecting one of the family's horses, which was so emaciated that county officials had it euthanized on the spot. Prosecutors agreed to drop charges involving the two surviving horses as part of the guilty plea.
A Baltimore County husband and wife were wrongly ordered to pay the costs of rescuing two of their horses, even though their criminal neglect of a third horse was so severe that the animal had to be killed, Maryland's top court unanimously held on Monday. Hilton and Donna Silver were convicted of animal cruelty only toward the deceased horse, Calypso, and therefore had no legal culpability for the care of the other two horses, the Court of Appeals said.
According to the report, witnesses warned the committee about a growing market in videotapes and still photographs depicting insects and small animals being slowly crushed to death. The appellate court also rejected me government's claim that depictions of animal cruelty can be banned as easily as child pornography, finding that "[n]o matter how appealing the cause of animal protection is to our sensibilities, we hesitate - in the First Amendment context - to elevate it to the status of a compelling interest.
MINNEAPOLIS - McDonald's and Target dropped one of the nation's largest egg suppliers after an animal rights group released an undercover video of the egg producer's farms in three states. McDonald's Corp. said Friday it had dropped Sparboe Farms as a supplier after a video by the group Mercy for Animals showed cases of animal cruelty at five facilities in Iowa, Minnesota and Colorado. Target Corp. soon followed, saying it would pull eggs from the Litchfield, Minn.-based company off its shelves.
Staff Writer Animal cruelty charges against a Columbia horse stable owner were dismissed Monday morning in Lancaster County court.
ELIZABETH - An Elizabeth woman has been arrested on several counts of animal cruelty after several dogs were rescued and three others were found dead by authorities last week, an official said. Elizabeth Smith, age unknown, was arrested Friday on 11 counts of cruelty to animals after she turned herself in to the Wirt County Sheriff's Office, said Sheriff Keith Wilson.
Study Points to Lack of Resources, Funding, Training, & Recognizing LINK between Animal Cruelty & Human Violence NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking research study just released by the ASPCA(R) (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(R)) stresses the critical role that animal services and animal cruelty investigations play in communities nationwide while pointing out the obstacles that law enforcement professionals face in responding to animal abuse.
A Jackson County couple arrested last month on dozens of charges of animal cruelty entered guilty pleas last week. Police charged Seth Maher, 72, and his wife Kimberly, 43, each with 65 counts of animal cruelty after a search of their Lockhart Fork Home turned up hundreds of animals living in what authorities described as deplorable conditions.
ELLSWORTH - A Dedham woman has been found guilty of a civil charge of cruelty to animals. Jeanmarie Ahern, 42, has been ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and is prohibited from owning or possessing any horses or other related hoofed four-legged animals for two years, according to documents filed in Hancock County Superior Court.
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