Case Details

Farmed animal neglect
Windsor, ME (US)

Incident Date: Friday, Jan 28, 2005
County: Kennebec
Local Map: available
Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Richard D. Giroux

Case ID: 3921
Classification: Neglect / Abandonment
Animal: dog (non pit-bull), horse, pig
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The owner of 11 animals seized by animal welfare agents on Jan 28 in Windsor will face animal cruelty charges. District Attorney Evert Fowle said his office had approved filing charges against Richard Giroux of Hunts Meadow Road, owner of five horses, five dogs and one pig taken Jan. 28 by Maine Department of Agriculture officials. Fowle said the animal-cruelty charges are based on reports received by his office.

"When we receive all the reports, there may be additional charges," he said. "We need to take our time. These are serious cases and we want to make sure we have all the evidence necessary."

Norma Worley, state animal welfare director, said at the time of the seizure that the pig was malnourished. The horses were covered in manure in a shed too small to accommodate them and left without hay, grain or water, she said.

Two horses went to the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals in South Windham and three were delivered to the Annabessacook Veterinary Clinic in Monmouth.

Shortly after the seizure, Giroux signed papers relinquishing custody of the horses and the pig to the state, said Chris Fraser, veterinarian with the state's Animal Welfare Program.

"We think we're going to be able to save them," she said. "Three of them had extremely neglected hooves; one was the worst I've seen."

She said two horses were discharged after their hooves were trimmed by a professional farrier, and one was still at the Annabessacook clinic.

Fraser said the horses "were drinking buckets of water and eating up a storm," while the pig remains in South Windham.

"He was the thinnest pig I've ever seen," she said. "He was awfully pathetic looking. You could see his spine. His eyes were sunken. He's thrived down there with a little bit of food and care."

The five dogs were taken to the Kennebec Valley Humane Society's shelter in Augusta, where they were treated for fleas, long nails, tumors and matted fur.

Roxanne Brann, director of the humane society, said Giroux signed the dogs over to the shelter. Two were euthanized, Brann said, one for health problems and another for aggressiveness.

"Two found homes -- a yellow lab puppy and a terrier mix and one is available for adoption," Brann said.

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Kennebec Journal - Feb 21, 2005

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