May 5, 2011: Horrific Hoarding: Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty
Prosecutors are calling it a terrible case of animal hoarding, that left dozens of dogs and cats stacked in crates--many without food or water.
52-year-old Brenda Studer of Richland County is charged with 14 counts of animal cruelty. In March, Richland County humane officers confiscated more than 80 dogs and cats from Studer's leased Bowman Street barn and shed.
Now the defense is questioning the validity of that search warrant. This, while many of the animals are still caught in limbo. Some of the dogs are blind. One had her front leg amputated. All are waiting.
Thursday, Municipal Judge Jerry Ault heard testimony from witnesses, including Mansfield veterinarian Melanie Hall, who treated one of Studer's puppies who was missing a front leg.
"The puppy was also missing part of its right ear, it had a fractured leg, it was a little underweight, and it was pretty much wrapped in duct tape from its leg halfway down its body," Hall said on the stand..." More & video
MANSFIELD, Ohio — More than 80 animals were being cared for on Tuesday after they were removed from a Richland County home.
Officials said Brenda Studer thought she was helping the dozens of animals in her care, 10TV's Glenn McEntyre reported.
Studer faces multiple charges, including resisting arrest and obstructing official business for allegedly trying to interfere with the search of her property.
She is expected to be charged with additional counts of animal cruelty this week, McEntyre reported.
Richland County Humane Agent Missy Houghton said it was one of the worst hoarding cases she has ever seen.
Fifty-three dogs and dozens of cats were removed. Some were housed in a barn and a shed, with up to four dogs sharing the same cage.
Officials found the cages so caked with animal waste and straw that Houghton said they had to be dug out. Dead rats littered the floors..." More & video
2 comments:
These so called humane society agents, who by the way are not even legal humane society agents, are not telling the truth. They want these animals to kill them. They will lie about everything. If you ever studied all of the raids that they did in the past five years, they killed all of the animals. They need to be fired, immediately. They do not represent what we think that they are or should be. They are the devils advocates. Do you remember the story where they went inside a persons house without a search warrant and took her personal pets and killed them without a legal motion from the court to do so. Then another raid where they went into someones house and killed their 5 pet dogs. This is over and over and over. Now, it is time for them to get their just due. Now is the time....
I’d be remiss if I didn’t address the anonymous comment left by some whom I can only imagine is a former defendant in an animal cruelty case or Brenda Studer herself. Allow me to break it down:
“These so called humane society agents, who by the way are not even legal humane society agents, are not telling the truth.”
The humane agents of Richland County are just that, humane agents, having been sworn in to uphold laws by the Court of Common Pleas.
“They want these animals to kill them. They will lie about everything. If you ever studied all of the raids that they did in the past five years, they killed all of the animals. “
I have adopted a dog (cane corso mix) seized in a raid a year ago, so I am just going to have to go ahead and assume that they don’t kill all the animals. As for wanting animals just to kill them, well, that just don’t make a whole lot of sense to me - a serendipitously placed bowl of antifreeze is a quicker, cheaper way to accomplish that goal.
“They need to be fired, immediately. They do not represent what we think that they are or should be.”
If you don’t like the way they are performing their job, join the board of the humane society.
“They are the devils advocates.”
I don’t think “devil’s advocate” means what you think it means.
“Do you remember the story where they went inside a persons house without a search warrant and took her personal pets and killed them without a legal motion from the court to do so. Then another raid where they went into someones house and killed their 5 pet dogs.”
No, I don’t remember those allegations, but I just know what I read in the paper. Maybe you have greater knowledge than me because of your greater involvement in cruelty cases – were those your dogs to which you are referring? Also, you use a comma, then an “s” to show possession – just a little grammar freebie for you, there.
“ This is over and over and over. Now, it is time for them to get their just due. Now is the time....”
Huh? This last line doesn’t make all that much sense.
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