A former Washington Township woman who has been investigated by animal protection and zoning code officials after poor conditions, dead dogs and animal carcasses that were found on her property pleaded guilty Friday (feb 23, 2001) to 27 counts of cruelty to animals.
Anna Frumina received a fine of $100 plus court costs by District Justice Todd Strohe.
An SPCA inspector and state dog warden inspected the RUSDOG kennel on Delaware Drive on Jan. 20, 2000. They found 57 dogs living in unsanitary conditions. They also found three dog carcasses and some deer carcasses.
According to zoning records, inspectors found garbage scattered throughout the inside and outside of the home, while the basement contained urine- and feces-soaked bedding. The records also say there was a urine stench on the first floor. The building was declared "unfit for human habitation," the records say.
Frumina surrendered her kennel license last year. By doing so, the limit to the number of dogs she could keep dropped from 50 to 25 under state law. But township regulations say that she could only have five.
At the time of the inspections, Frumina had been breeding rare dogs of Russian origin. One breed was the Caucasian Ovtcharka, which is used to protect flocks. It can weigh up to 200 pounds.
Frumina was charged with a section of the state�s animal cruelty law that prohibits the ill-treatment, neglect or abandonment of an animal. The section also forbids the withholding of a clean and adequate shelter for an animal. Neighborhood MapFor more information about the Interactive Animal Cruelty Maps, see the map notes.
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