Puppy mill - 107 dogs seized
Newbern, TN (US)

Incident Date: Saturday, Mar 27, 2004
County: Obion

Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Dismissed (Conditional)

Persons of Interest:
» James William Fair
» Mary Joe Fair

James William "Bud" Fair and his wife, Mary Joe Fair, were each charged with cruelty to animals on March 27, 2004. They entered a plea agreement to have an 11-month, 29-day unsupervised probation period. The Fairs were placed in pre-trial diversion that ended in July 2005, when the charges were dismissed.

Among the nine rules in the agreement, the Fairs were to forfeit all of the dogs except for "an apricot colored poodle, a French bull dog, and two Boston terriers," and they had to be spayed or neutered.

According to the Dyer County General Sessions Court affidavit, society officers "found 107 dogs at the home.

References

• State-Gazette - July 22, 2007
• State-Gazette - July 22, 2007

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