Following an hourlong trial in New Holland on Friday, Phillip S. Price, 65, of East Providence, was ordered by District Judge Rodney Hartman to pay $3,056 in fines and $10,178 in restitution for Lily's recovery-care costs. The judge also banned Price from doing future business at the New Holland auction.
Price was convicted of 3 counts of animal cruelty, a single count of dealing and handling animals without a license, and a single count of importing animals without an interstate health certificate that New Holland police filed against him.
According to a news release from the Lancaster County District Attorney's office, a prosecutor presented witnesses and evidence, including a surveillance video from the auction, that showed Lily - an Arabian / Appaloosa horse - was very thin and blind when dropped off March 14 at New Holland stables.
"The commonwealth is satisfied that justice was served and the defendant was held accountable for his inhumane conduct regarding the horse," stated Assistant District Attorney Christine Wilson in the news release.
Lily was transported from New Jersey to the auction where she was abandoned and found to be in poor health with paint splattered all over her coat. It hasn't been determined how the paint got there, according to the news release.
Her ownership was handed over to York County-based Omega Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Center which sent Lily to University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's New Bolton Center for treatment.
She had uveitis, an inflammation, in both of her eyes when she arrived at New Bolton and had to have one eye removed. Vision in her other eye has been about 80 percent restored and she has gained about 150 pounds since having two days' worth of dental work done making it possible for her to eat, according to her owner and doctor.
Lily continues to be boarded at a private rehab farm in Kennett Square next to Penn Vet's New Bolton Center.
This is what he did to this horse when he was previously convicted of Animal Cruelty:
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| This is the same horse, since recovered since being seized |
Earlier:
- Rhode Island: Cruelty charges brought against horse dealer Philip Price in Saunderstown
- Pennsylvania: Philip Price, charged in horse abuse case, was previously convicted on 8 counts of animal cruelty
- Pennsylvania: Philip Price, charged with animal cruelty in Rhode Island in 2015, pleads not guilty to animal cruelty charges in Pennsylvania
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