An Alberta woman was fined $1,000 and told to reduce the number of animals she can keep after eight horses were found by SPCA officials suffering from malnutrition and untreated medical conditions.
Haeli Carter of Tofield was found guilty under Alberta’s Animal Protection Act. As well as the fine, she was ordered to reduce the livestock in her care to less than 10 animals for five years.
Carter had been convicted of similar charges in 1999, said an Alberta SPCA News release
news. During that case several goats, horses and a pig were found dead and other horses were in poor condition from a lack of food and water.
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The current conviction came after investigators found eight horses in distress. Four foals, one of which had died, were found cramped in a small pen without food or water. All were skinny and covered with feces. One of the foals needed to be euthanized. The other two foals have been placed with new owners.
The other horses included one that was blind from an untreated eye disease and a second had an untreated wound on its leg that caused lameness.
As well as reducing the animals in her care, Carter must provide bimonthly reports to the Alberta SPCA listing the animals under her care and must allow officials to inspect her animals.
