PHIPPSBURG (AP) — Police say they rescued two kittens from a pond, and they accused their owner of being inebriated and repeatedly tossing the animals into the water. Phippsburg Police Chief John Skroski says Justine Lovig was charged with operating under the influence, cruelty to animals and violation of probation. He tells the Bangor Daily News that […]
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Former Auburn woman guilty of animal cruelty
OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) — A jury has convicted a former Auburn, Maine, woman of 17 counts of animal cruelty after dozens of filthy and sick Great Danes were found in her Wolfeboro mansion. Christina Fay, 59, was convicted of the misdemeanors Monday. Her sentencing hasn’t been scheduled. Last year, a lower court judge found Fay […]
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Gray woman charged with animal cruelty asks court for return of her 80 dogs
PORTLAND — A Gray woman facing an animal cruelty charge is seeking to have the 80 dogs seized from her last month returned to the small home she shares with her 91-year-old mother. Anita McBride’s lawyer asked for a show cause hearing, which gave her a chance to argue Thursday that McBride should get the […]
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Former Auburn woman whose 84 Great Danes were seized to serve no jail time
OSSIPEE, N.H. — A woman who had dozens of filthy and sick Great Danes living in her New Hampshire mansion was given a suspended 12-month jail sentence Thursday morning. A judge ordered Christina Fay to pay nearly $800,000 in restitution. The judge is allowing Fay to choose one of her dogs that has been spayed/neutered […]
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Two charged in animal cruelty case
FARMINGTON — A Madrid Township man and a Farmington woman have been charged in the case of a malnourished dog that was abandoned and had to be euthanized, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Christopher Elliott, 40, and Crystal Webber, 31, were summonsed on charges of animal cruelty for leaving their 10-year-old German shorthaired pointer behind when they moved, […]
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Susan Collins says whoa: Bills would ban people from eating cats, dogs and horses
Faced this summer with whether to allow the slaughter of horses for meat, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said nay. Collins, a Maine Republican, is among a bipartisan group of senators who hopes to bar permanently any horse slaughterhouses in the country as well as exporting horses for human consumption. “Horses hold a special place in […]
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Police: Durham man faces animal cruelty charge
DURHAM — A 55-year-old Durham man was indicted this week, accused of having sex with his dog and then killing the animal in November. Investigators said Thomas Wentworth had sex with the dog, a Labrador named Missy, and then killed it by tying a bag filled with ether around its head. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s […]
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Gov. LePage wants to out those who film alleged animal cruelty
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor wants to make public the names of those who are hired to film videos of alleged animal cruelty. In 2014, Gov. Paul LePage received a $1,000 contribution from Contract Farming of Maine LLC, which is associated with a man who owns New England’s largest egg-producing farm in Turner. […]
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Bail set for New Sharon woman in contempt case
FARMINGTON — A judge set bail Friday at $2,500 unsecured for a New Sharon woman, who has twice violated judges’ orders not to possess animals and several times failed to appear in court. Judge Lance Walker gave Carol Murphy, 71, notice to appear on Aug. 28 for a status conference on a contempt of court […]
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New Sharon woman in animal cruelty cases arrested
FARMINGTON — A New Sharon woman, who has twice violated judges’ orders not to possess animals and twice failed to appear in court, was arrested Wednesday. Carol Murphy, 71, was being held Thursday on $1,000 cash bail at the Franklin County jail on a charge of failure to appear. She is expected to go before […]