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Case #13490 Rating: 2.8 out of 5
Hoarding 230 animals
Bradley, CA (US)Incident Date: Tuesday, Oct 24, 2006
County: Monterey
Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Convicted
Case Images: 1 files available
Defendant/Suspect: Mary Robbins
Following up on an anonymous tip, humane investigator Rosanna Leighton couldn't believe what she found at a house near Bradley in October 2006.
About 230 animals, including pot-bellied pigs, frogs, tarantulas, lizards and a 14.5-foot Burmese python, were crowded into filthy, makeshift cages, tanks and pens. Many were starving and had no clean water. Others were in critical need of veterinary care, including pigs with tusks growing into their cheeks.
"This case of hoarding was so unusual because of wide variety of animals," Leighton said Wednesday. "She had live stock, rabbits, dogs and wild animals."
In March 2008, homeowner Mary Robbins pleaded guilty in Monterey County Superior Court to a misdemeanor count of animal cruelty. Her mother, Carol Shepherd, who had also lived at the site and was convicted of animal hoarding crimes in 1986, died in February.
Robbins was allowed to keep several animals, but must allow officers of the SPCA to make unannounced checks on the animals' well-being at any time for the next three years.
Now that the case is complete, dozens of animals rescued from the property, including dogs and cats, are available for adoption at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Monterey County. Many of the hundreds of birds kept in small coops, crowded cages and makeshift aviaries have already been released back into the wild, the SPCA reported, including scrub jays, Brewer's black birds, woodpeckers, ring-tailed doves and quail. A number of pigeons were kept in a small camp trailer, the SPCA said. References« CA State Animal Cruelty Map
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