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Case #8966 Rating: 3.3 out of 5
Hoarding 15 animals
Antigonish, NS (CA)Incident Date: Friday, Apr 30, 2004
Disposition: Convicted
Defendants/Suspects:
» Evelyn Pottie
» Fomen Gero
An Afton couple have been banned from owning pets for 10 years after pleading guilty to animal cruelty charges.
Evelyn Pottie, 55, and her common-law husband, Fomen Gero, 45, were handed the ban on June 7 2006 in Antigonish provincial court for allowing the 15 malnourished animals that were seized from their home in 2004 to be in a state of distress.
Two of the animals were later destroyed.
As part of the sentence issued by Judge John Embree, Ms. Pottie was fined $157 and Mr. Gero $207.
Crown attorney Ron MacDonald said Thursday that the couple would have faced stiffer fines under the Animal Cruelty Prevention Act if they had not been on social assistance. References
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