Two Wayne County women have been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty after they were caught with more than 200 neglected animals in their care. Police have arrested 78-year-old Margaret Roller and her 53-year-old daughter Mary Roller.
Authorities took the animals away from the women's home in Williamson earlier this month. Animal cruelty investigators found 133 chickens found inside one room in the house. They also took 50 rabbits, 47 goats, 36 ducks and other birds and some dogs and cats.
Investigators say the animals were underfed, lacked proper shelter, and in some cases were living in feces more than a foot deep. "The goats were in particularly bad shape. Two of them had horns that had grown back around and into their head and two of them were completely down when we got there and were not able to walk or get up at all," said Sandy Christiansen from Lollypop Farm.
The women will have to appear in Williamson Town Court to answer to the cruelty charges which are misdemeanors because the DA�s office says there was no torture involved. Neighborhood MapFor more information about the Interactive Animal Cruelty Maps, see the map notes.
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