Full Name: Sharon Cargile
Date:04/17/2017
Personal Information
Arrest Age:61
Gender: Female
Birthdate: 05/30/1955
Height: 5'05"
Weight: 140 lbs
Charges
#1 AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
STATUTE: 510 ILCS 70/3.02(a)
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Illinois: Vet assistanant charged with felony animal cruelty Sharon Cargile gets updated mugshot
Arrest Information
Full Name: Sharon Cargile
Date:04/17/2017
Personal Information
Arrest Age:61
Gender: Female
Birthdate: 05/30/1955
Height: 5'05"
Weight: 140 lbs
Charges
#1 AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
STATUTE: 510 ILCS 70/3.02(a)
Earlier:
Full Name: Sharon Cargile
Date:04/17/2017
Personal Information
Arrest Age:61
Gender: Female
Birthdate: 05/30/1955
Height: 5'05"
Weight: 140 lbs
Charges
#1 AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
STATUTE: 510 ILCS 70/3.02(a)
Monday, September 5, 2016
PHOTOS ADDED * Florida: Brandi Seipe, 19, tied puppy's legs together, drugged it with Xanax and butchered its ears in homemade cropping say police
FLORIDA -- With fishing line and a Xanax-like drug, a suburban West Palm Beach, Florida, teen cropped a 10-week-old pit bull’s ears.
Brandi Nicole Seipe, 19, assured King’s owner she was experienced. Palm Beach County officials say otherwise, and now she’s facing an animal cruelty charge.
A county Animal Care and Control investigation showed Seipe was neither experienced nor legally licensed to perform such an operation. The 19-year-old was arrested for practicing veterinary medicine without a license as well as for animal cruelty, according to court records. She is due to appear before a judge on the charges Wednesday morning.
The puppy’s owner told Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control officials she bought King from someone in Broward County. She was looking for someone to crop the puppy’s ears, a practice that helps the dog’s ears stand upright.
That’s how she crossed paths with Seipe. The teen, who operated out of a suburban Lake Worth home, would crop dogs’ ears cheaply, the owner was told.
On a July afternoon, Seipe took the puppy, but wouldn’t let King’s owner inside to see the ear cropping, the owner told animal control. She had paid Seipe $80.
The owner was concerned when she came to pick up King. His ears were too short, she said, and he was more sedated than before the procedure.
Seipe told the owner she gave the puppy a sedative similar to Xanax, something she said she had done many times as a veterinary technician.
Normally, Seipe had her boyfriend hold the puppies down while she cut their ears, but she tied King’s legs together because her boyfriend wasn’t available, she told the puppy’s owner.
Seipe told the owner she had no reason to worry.
But she worried anyway, so much so that she took King to a veterinary office. That office reported the incident to Animal Care and Control.
An animal control official said the puppy’s ears were cut extremely short. The edges were raw and open, and a fishing line was used to stitch up King’s ears, according to the report. The 10-week-old puppy cried whenever someone came close to its ears, according to an animal control report.
When animal control asked Seipe about the incident, she denied cropping King’s ears. She told them she used to be a veterinary technician.
“Ear cropping is a painful unnecessary procedure that is slowly being eliminated as an acceptable practice,” wrote the veterinarian who saw King shortly after the illegal cropping. “If done, it needs to be done by a highly skilled veterinary professional in an aseptic hospital environment.”
(WHIO - Aug 31, 2016)
Brandi Nicole Seipe, 19, assured King’s owner she was experienced. Palm Beach County officials say otherwise, and now she’s facing an animal cruelty charge.
A county Animal Care and Control investigation showed Seipe was neither experienced nor legally licensed to perform such an operation. The 19-year-old was arrested for practicing veterinary medicine without a license as well as for animal cruelty, according to court records. She is due to appear before a judge on the charges Wednesday morning.
The puppy’s owner told Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control officials she bought King from someone in Broward County. She was looking for someone to crop the puppy’s ears, a practice that helps the dog’s ears stand upright.
That’s how she crossed paths with Seipe. The teen, who operated out of a suburban Lake Worth home, would crop dogs’ ears cheaply, the owner was told.
On a July afternoon, Seipe took the puppy, but wouldn’t let King’s owner inside to see the ear cropping, the owner told animal control. She had paid Seipe $80.
The owner was concerned when she came to pick up King. His ears were too short, she said, and he was more sedated than before the procedure.
Seipe told the owner she gave the puppy a sedative similar to Xanax, something she said she had done many times as a veterinary technician.
Normally, Seipe had her boyfriend hold the puppies down while she cut their ears, but she tied King’s legs together because her boyfriend wasn’t available, she told the puppy’s owner.
Seipe told the owner she had no reason to worry.
But she worried anyway, so much so that she took King to a veterinary office. That office reported the incident to Animal Care and Control.
An animal control official said the puppy’s ears were cut extremely short. The edges were raw and open, and a fishing line was used to stitch up King’s ears, according to the report. The 10-week-old puppy cried whenever someone came close to its ears, according to an animal control report.
When animal control asked Seipe about the incident, she denied cropping King’s ears. She told them she used to be a veterinary technician.
“Ear cropping is a painful unnecessary procedure that is slowly being eliminated as an acceptable practice,” wrote the veterinarian who saw King shortly after the illegal cropping. “If done, it needs to be done by a highly skilled veterinary professional in an aseptic hospital environment.”
(WHIO - Aug 31, 2016)
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Idaho: Special feeding chair saves German Shepherd puppy's life
IDAHO -- Elijah, or "Eli," a pup in Idaho, was suffering from severe malnourishment, but thanks to some creative doctors, he's now living a life fit for a king. Complete with a throne.
"His litter was brought in when he was 5 days old," said Savannah Amberson, a veterinary technician at Ada Animal Hospital in Boise.
Eli, a German Shepherd, was "was half the size of size of his litter," Amberson said.
Baby Eli couldn't keep food down and his breeders couldn't take care of him, so Eli was adopted by the clinic.
X-rays revealed Eli's esophagus was malfunctioning because of a "vascular ring anomaly."
"The first part of the esophagus became distended, and developed into what we refer to as a megaesophagus," said Dr. Wayne Loertscher, veterinarian and owner of the clinic.
According to Loertscher, that means the esophagus becomes enlarged and relatively useless. Instead of acting as a muscle, it was getting in the way.
"It was just not doing its job," he said. Eli couldn't digest food.
Eli went through three surgeries with little to no improvement.
"We had to put him on a feeding tube," Amberson said, "It was a last-ditch effort."
But it bought them some time.
Time to develop Eli's special chair, based on a concept called the Bailey Chair.
Apparently this occurs enough in dogs that a company builds these Bailey Chairs for pet owners "Bailey Chairs 4 Dogs"
The office manager's brother built the chair, "adapted for Eli's size," of course.
The chair allows Eli to remain in a vertical position, relieving the esophagus of doing so much work to get food into his stomach.
"Gravity pulls the food to the stomach," Amberson explained.
Since then, Eli has made a 180 recovery, gaining over a third of his body weight --- 30 pounds --- in just three weeks. He eats anywhere from five to seven times per day, taking around 15 minutes to allow for digestion.
Eli wasn't a fan of the chair at first.
"He cried and howled, he was not excited," Amberson said.
But he has since gotten used it. "Sometimes he even falls asleep in the chair," Loertscher said.
Eli will have to eat soft food forever. But thanks to Amberson and Loertscher, Eli is expected to live a pretty normal life.
"Out of all the people who have been a part of this story," Loertscher said, "Savannah is the biggest hero. She has driven this and has refused to give up."
See what happens when you give people, er, puppies a chance?
SO MANY FEELS.
"I have no intentions of getting rid of him," Amberson said, "he's gonna be my pup forever."
(Cleveland19 - Sept 2, 2016)
"His litter was brought in when he was 5 days old," said Savannah Amberson, a veterinary technician at Ada Animal Hospital in Boise.
Eli, a German Shepherd, was "was half the size of size of his litter," Amberson said.
Baby Eli couldn't keep food down and his breeders couldn't take care of him, so Eli was adopted by the clinic.
"The first part of the esophagus became distended, and developed into what we refer to as a megaesophagus," said Dr. Wayne Loertscher, veterinarian and owner of the clinic.
According to Loertscher, that means the esophagus becomes enlarged and relatively useless. Instead of acting as a muscle, it was getting in the way.
"It was just not doing its job," he said. Eli couldn't digest food.
Eli went through three surgeries with little to no improvement.
"We had to put him on a feeding tube," Amberson said, "It was a last-ditch effort."
But it bought them some time.
Time to develop Eli's special chair, based on a concept called the Bailey Chair.
Apparently this occurs enough in dogs that a company builds these Bailey Chairs for pet owners "Bailey Chairs 4 Dogs"
The office manager's brother built the chair, "adapted for Eli's size," of course.
The chair allows Eli to remain in a vertical position, relieving the esophagus of doing so much work to get food into his stomach.
"Gravity pulls the food to the stomach," Amberson explained.
Since then, Eli has made a 180 recovery, gaining over a third of his body weight --- 30 pounds --- in just three weeks. He eats anywhere from five to seven times per day, taking around 15 minutes to allow for digestion.
Eli wasn't a fan of the chair at first.
"He cried and howled, he was not excited," Amberson said.
But he has since gotten used it. "Sometimes he even falls asleep in the chair," Loertscher said.
Eli will have to eat soft food forever. But thanks to Amberson and Loertscher, Eli is expected to live a pretty normal life.
"Out of all the people who have been a part of this story," Loertscher said, "Savannah is the biggest hero. She has driven this and has refused to give up."
See what happens when you give people, er, puppies a chance?
SO MANY FEELS.
"I have no intentions of getting rid of him," Amberson said, "he's gonna be my pup forever."
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Florida: Kitten with paw stuck in sewer grate rescued by firefighters, vet staff
FLORIDA -- Rescue workers and veterinary staff came together to help save a kitten whose paw had become trapped in a sewer grate.
The Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue responded when a homeowner called after seeing the trapped kitten. The small cat could be seen licking its front paw, trying to loosen it from the sewer cover.
"Whether a lizard or something ran down that little hole and caught the cat's curiosity, we don't know," Mike Jachles, public information officer for the sheriff's office, told ABC News. "We figure he might have been there for as long as 12 hours."
Firefighters spent a half hour on scene, unsuccessfully attempting to free the feline’s limb with lubricants and other methods before they transported the kitten to VCA Imperial Point Animal Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale.
"He was sitting there and just kind of howling and meowing," Jachles added, "He was very friendly to our firefighters."
At the animal hospital, vets and firefighters used a series of saws to gingerly cut a hole in the steel cover, eventually liberating the feline, who was under anesthesia the whole time.
The kitten, nicknamed "Captain" by the firefighters, suffered no broken bones and is doing well. They are still determining if the cat has a home, but one firefighter expressed interest in adopting the the lucky kitten.
(ABC30 - Aug 12, 2016)
The Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue responded when a homeowner called after seeing the trapped kitten. The small cat could be seen licking its front paw, trying to loosen it from the sewer cover.
"Whether a lizard or something ran down that little hole and caught the cat's curiosity, we don't know," Mike Jachles, public information officer for the sheriff's office, told ABC News. "We figure he might have been there for as long as 12 hours."
Firefighters spent a half hour on scene, unsuccessfully attempting to free the feline’s limb with lubricants and other methods before they transported the kitten to VCA Imperial Point Animal Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale.
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| This photo shows how calm poor Captain was when they had to transport him, still attached to the sewer grate to the veterinary hospital |
At the animal hospital, vets and firefighters used a series of saws to gingerly cut a hole in the steel cover, eventually liberating the feline, who was under anesthesia the whole time.
The kitten, nicknamed "Captain" by the firefighters, suffered no broken bones and is doing well. They are still determining if the cat has a home, but one firefighter expressed interest in adopting the the lucky kitten.
(ABC30 - Aug 12, 2016)
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Oregon: Bend woman Goldie Coats begins 60-day sentence in animal neglect case
OREGON -- A Bend-area woman began serving a 60-day sentence at the Deschutes County Jail last week, more than a year after she was cited on 35 animal neglect charges in a raid on her property east of town.
Deschutes County sheriff's deputies raided Goldie Coats' property east of Bend in November 2014.
Goldie Coats, now 57, and Sonya Henderson, 71, each were cited on 35 counts of second-degree aggravated animal neglect.
Sheriff's deputies said 30 dogs and five puppies were living in their own waste, some severely emaciated, and many suffering from health problems.
Animal control technicians were dispatched to an address east of Bend on a report of at least two dozen dogs being kept in unsanitary conditions, said sheriff’s Lt. Deron McMaster.
Investigating the complaint, McMaster said they found at least 30 dogs and five puppies being kept in kennels, cages and at least five in small pet carriers.
“All were living in their own urine and feces and were lacking food and water,” the lieutenant said in a news release. “Several dogs appeared to be severely emaciated.”
Twenty-four of the dogs seized from the house were brittany spaniels, nine were terriers and two were basset hounds, according to a search warrant return written by Sheriff’s Deputy Casey Karpstein.
According to the affidavit, Coats told another technician on another visit Nov. 27 that Henderson wasn’t capable of taking care of the dogs because of dementia, but Coats allowed Henderson to look after them anyhow. One of the dogs died in August due to Henderson’s poor care, Coats told a field technician, according to the affidavit.
A search warrant was prepared and executed around 8:30 p.m. by deputies and animal control techs, McMaster said. All of the dogs located on the premises were seized and placed into shelter.
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Coats entered an "Alford plea," a no-contest plea in which a defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges the evidence likely would lead to a judge or jury's guilty verdict.
Coats began her 60 day jail sentence last Wednesday.
(KTVZ - Feb 16, 2016)
Earlier:
Deschutes County sheriff's deputies raided Goldie Coats' property east of Bend in November 2014.
Goldie Coats, now 57, and Sonya Henderson, 71, each were cited on 35 counts of second-degree aggravated animal neglect.
Sheriff's deputies said 30 dogs and five puppies were living in their own waste, some severely emaciated, and many suffering from health problems.
Animal control technicians were dispatched to an address east of Bend on a report of at least two dozen dogs being kept in unsanitary conditions, said sheriff’s Lt. Deron McMaster.
Investigating the complaint, McMaster said they found at least 30 dogs and five puppies being kept in kennels, cages and at least five in small pet carriers.
“All were living in their own urine and feces and were lacking food and water,” the lieutenant said in a news release. “Several dogs appeared to be severely emaciated.”
Twenty-four of the dogs seized from the house were brittany spaniels, nine were terriers and two were basset hounds, according to a search warrant return written by Sheriff’s Deputy Casey Karpstein.
According to the affidavit, Coats told another technician on another visit Nov. 27 that Henderson wasn’t capable of taking care of the dogs because of dementia, but Coats allowed Henderson to look after them anyhow. One of the dogs died in August due to Henderson’s poor care, Coats told a field technician, according to the affidavit.
A search warrant was prepared and executed around 8:30 p.m. by deputies and animal control techs, McMaster said. All of the dogs located on the premises were seized and placed into shelter.
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Coats entered an "Alford plea," a no-contest plea in which a defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges the evidence likely would lead to a judge or jury's guilty verdict.
Coats began her 60 day jail sentence last Wednesday.
(KTVZ - Feb 16, 2016)
Earlier:
Sunday, February 21, 2016
North Carolina: Barrett Welch and Patrice Welch, owners of Nags Head animal hospital charged with trafficking opium, heroin
NORTH CAROLINA -- The owners of the Animal Hospital of Nags Head are facing charges of felony trafficking in opium or heroin.
Barrett Oakes Welch (aka Barry Welch), 64, and Patrice Taylor Welch, 54, turned themselves in to law enforcement officials on Feb. 8 after two search warrants were executed at the hospital and at their home in Colington, North Carolina.
According to the Dare County Sheriff’s Office, allegations of inappropriate prescribing, obtaining and misuse of prescription medications led to the search warrants, which were taken out for two places: The Animal Hospital of Nags Head and their home on 100 Sunrise Lane.
Investigators say they took more than 200 pills into evidence from the Animal Hospital. They reportedly found another 100 pills in a cookie jar, baskets and a night stand at their home.
The Sheriff’s Office says Patrice and Barrett were not at the hospital when officials searched the veterinary office. However, they say office staff cooperated in the investigation.
At the center of the investigation against Dr. Barrett Welch and his wife Patrice, is Dr. Logan Botzman, whose name could be seen on the Animal Hospital sign. 10 On Your Side tried contacting Dr. Botzman, but he did not answer. Botzman will be the prosecutor’s star witness.
In the search warrant, Botzman tells the investigator, “Dr. Barrett Welch would take medication from inventory for personal use, and to cover up the shortage [he] would prescribe the medication to his personal pets and pets of family members.”
A former Animal Hospital employee, Dianna Dickenson said, “I was not surprised at all. I knew it was happening. I had investigators and members of the Vet Board ask me about it.”
To not raise any flags, Botzman said, “Dr. Welch would then go into the computer system and discount the medication to where a bill would never be created.”
Dickenson says when she did inventory there were major issues, “The drug count was off by a lot of drugs so I told the owner, Dr. Welch, I wasn’t going to sign the drug log and that he basically needed to fix the drug count before we could finish the drug log.”
In the court paperwork, Botzman told the investigator, “In October of 2015 Dr. Welch admitted to him that he had taken Xanax for his own personal use.”
Dickenson says she also confronted Dr. Welch about the shortage of inventory, “He said he would take care of it, and that was the last I heard of it. Less than a week later I got suspended for that.”
The probable case for the search warrant also states, “Dr. Botzman stated that approximately two years ago DEA did a case on Dr. Welch where they found his prescription records were not done correctly and medication missing from the business. The DEA fined Dr. Welch over $20,000 in civil penalties.”
According to court paperwork, Botzman advised investigators Caroline Taylor, stepdaughter of Dr. Barrett Welch and daughter of Patrice Welch, had access to controlled substances, and that she owned a dog that was prescribed a controlled substance.
According to investigators, “Dr. Botzman advised that she [Caroline Elizabeth Taylor] owned a dog and that animal would be prescribed alprazolam or hydrocodone pills, but on 01/08/2016 the name of the dog’s owner was switched to a man named Russell Taylor. This was told to Affiant by Dr. Botzman and done for the reason that [Caroline Taylor] was ALREADY on Federal Probation and did not want to be linked to the prescription medication fraud.”
Taylor is not YET charged in this case, but she has served time in a federal prison and is on federal probation for drug charges. This means she could be in violation of her parole.
Capt. Kevin Duprey with the Dare County Sheriffs Office said, “If for some reason she is involved, and I am not saying she is, then we will look at filing charges.”
Oh, I believe sweet Caroline will soon be busted and sent back to federal prison. After she was released from prison, I'm certain she went right back to her drug dealing scams.
Both Barrett and Patrice Welch are facing felony charges of trafficking in opium or heroin. Barrett is also facing a felony obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery charge.
They were released on bond this week and will be back in court March 31.
The Sheriff’s Office says the investigation is ongoing and could lead to additional charges and arrests.
(WAVY - Feb 10, 2016)
Barrett Oakes Welch (aka Barry Welch), 64, and Patrice Taylor Welch, 54, turned themselves in to law enforcement officials on Feb. 8 after two search warrants were executed at the hospital and at their home in Colington, North Carolina.
According to the Dare County Sheriff’s Office, allegations of inappropriate prescribing, obtaining and misuse of prescription medications led to the search warrants, which were taken out for two places: The Animal Hospital of Nags Head and their home on 100 Sunrise Lane.
Investigators say they took more than 200 pills into evidence from the Animal Hospital. They reportedly found another 100 pills in a cookie jar, baskets and a night stand at their home.
The Sheriff’s Office says Patrice and Barrett were not at the hospital when officials searched the veterinary office. However, they say office staff cooperated in the investigation.
At the center of the investigation against Dr. Barrett Welch and his wife Patrice, is Dr. Logan Botzman, whose name could be seen on the Animal Hospital sign. 10 On Your Side tried contacting Dr. Botzman, but he did not answer. Botzman will be the prosecutor’s star witness.
In the search warrant, Botzman tells the investigator, “Dr. Barrett Welch would take medication from inventory for personal use, and to cover up the shortage [he] would prescribe the medication to his personal pets and pets of family members.”
A former Animal Hospital employee, Dianna Dickenson said, “I was not surprised at all. I knew it was happening. I had investigators and members of the Vet Board ask me about it.”
To not raise any flags, Botzman said, “Dr. Welch would then go into the computer system and discount the medication to where a bill would never be created.”
Dickenson says when she did inventory there were major issues, “The drug count was off by a lot of drugs so I told the owner, Dr. Welch, I wasn’t going to sign the drug log and that he basically needed to fix the drug count before we could finish the drug log.”
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| Reached at his home, Dr. Botzman was polite but did not want to say anything about the criminal investigation |
In the court paperwork, Botzman told the investigator, “In October of 2015 Dr. Welch admitted to him that he had taken Xanax for his own personal use.”
Dickenson says she also confronted Dr. Welch about the shortage of inventory, “He said he would take care of it, and that was the last I heard of it. Less than a week later I got suspended for that.”
The probable case for the search warrant also states, “Dr. Botzman stated that approximately two years ago DEA did a case on Dr. Welch where they found his prescription records were not done correctly and medication missing from the business. The DEA fined Dr. Welch over $20,000 in civil penalties.”
According to court paperwork, Botzman advised investigators Caroline Taylor, stepdaughter of Dr. Barrett Welch and daughter of Patrice Welch, had access to controlled substances, and that she owned a dog that was prescribed a controlled substance.
According to investigators, “Dr. Botzman advised that she [Caroline Elizabeth Taylor] owned a dog and that animal would be prescribed alprazolam or hydrocodone pills, but on 01/08/2016 the name of the dog’s owner was switched to a man named Russell Taylor. This was told to Affiant by Dr. Botzman and done for the reason that [Caroline Taylor] was ALREADY on Federal Probation and did not want to be linked to the prescription medication fraud.”
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| Caroline Taylor, who has served time in FEDERAL PRISON and is CURRENTLY on FEDERAL PROBATION is seen here taking Dr. Botzman's name off the sign to her parents' vet clinic. |
Taylor is not YET charged in this case, but she has served time in a federal prison and is on federal probation for drug charges. This means she could be in violation of her parole.
Capt. Kevin Duprey with the Dare County Sheriffs Office said, “If for some reason she is involved, and I am not saying she is, then we will look at filing charges.”
Oh, I believe sweet Caroline will soon be busted and sent back to federal prison. After she was released from prison, I'm certain she went right back to her drug dealing scams.
Both Barrett and Patrice Welch are facing felony charges of trafficking in opium or heroin. Barrett is also facing a felony obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery charge.
They were released on bond this week and will be back in court March 31.
The Sheriff’s Office says the investigation is ongoing and could lead to additional charges and arrests.
(WAVY - Feb 10, 2016)
Friday, January 22, 2016
United Kingdom: Horrifying scenes as vet keeps huskies in squalid cellar hidden under carpet
UNITED KINGDOM -- A vet and his assistant have been found guilty of animal cruelty offences after police found dogs locked in cages in a filthy "pitch-black dungeon" at their practice.
Gary Samuel and Rochelle McEwan were charged after officers discovered around 30 dogs and cats in the back room, living quarters and basement of Armley Vets, on Town Street, in Armley, Leeds.
Samuel, 49, and McEwan, 28, were each convicted of six offences under the Animal Welfare Act at Leeds Magistrates' Court, the RSPCA said.
The animals were living in "appalling" conditions with no access to food or water, a spokeswoman said.
Most of the dogs - mainly husky-types - were found in the faeces-covered basement, accessed by a trap door that had been covered by carpet.
After the animals were found on February 24 last year, 22 dogs and eight cats were removed, one cat was put to sleep on site after collapsing and four dogs were later put to sleep on veterinary advice.
Nikki Cheetham, an RSPCA inspector, said: "You think you've seen it all in this job and then you get a call like this.
"Police attended on another matter and found the animals in cages in a back room, the vet's living quarters and a basement, accessed by a trap door that had been covered by carpet.
"That's where most of the dogs were found - living in cages in a pitch-black dungeon. It was filthy, there was faeces everywhere and they had no access to food or water.
"Most of the cats were shut in one room, which was also covered with excrement."
She added: "The condition of these animals and the way in which they were being kept was appalling.
"This situation was made even more shocking when you consider that those people responsible are in a position of trust. People who work in the veterinary profession are the first port of call if an animal needs help.
"It is unthinkable to consider what was going on in this surgery as clients were coming and going, paying their vet fees."
All of the dogs were signed over to the RSPCA, except four which are in the care of the animal charity pending sentencing, and 15 dogs and six cats have since been rehomed.
After a five-day trial in December, Samuel, of Western Road, Southall, Middlesex, and McEwan, of Stonecliffe Close, Leeds, were both found guilty on Thursday of causing unnecessary suffering and failing to meet the needs of the animals.
They will be sentenced at Leeds Magistrates' Court on February 12.
(The Star UK - Jan 22, 2016)
Gary Samuel and Rochelle McEwan were charged after officers discovered around 30 dogs and cats in the back room, living quarters and basement of Armley Vets, on Town Street, in Armley, Leeds.
Samuel, 49, and McEwan, 28, were each convicted of six offences under the Animal Welfare Act at Leeds Magistrates' Court, the RSPCA said.
The animals were living in "appalling" conditions with no access to food or water, a spokeswoman said.
Most of the dogs - mainly husky-types - were found in the faeces-covered basement, accessed by a trap door that had been covered by carpet.
After the animals were found on February 24 last year, 22 dogs and eight cats were removed, one cat was put to sleep on site after collapsing and four dogs were later put to sleep on veterinary advice.
Nikki Cheetham, an RSPCA inspector, said: "You think you've seen it all in this job and then you get a call like this.
"Police attended on another matter and found the animals in cages in a back room, the vet's living quarters and a basement, accessed by a trap door that had been covered by carpet.
"That's where most of the dogs were found - living in cages in a pitch-black dungeon. It was filthy, there was faeces everywhere and they had no access to food or water.
"Most of the cats were shut in one room, which was also covered with excrement."
She added: "The condition of these animals and the way in which they were being kept was appalling.
"This situation was made even more shocking when you consider that those people responsible are in a position of trust. People who work in the veterinary profession are the first port of call if an animal needs help.
"It is unthinkable to consider what was going on in this surgery as clients were coming and going, paying their vet fees."
All of the dogs were signed over to the RSPCA, except four which are in the care of the animal charity pending sentencing, and 15 dogs and six cats have since been rehomed.
After a five-day trial in December, Samuel, of Western Road, Southall, Middlesex, and McEwan, of Stonecliffe Close, Leeds, were both found guilty on Thursday of causing unnecessary suffering and failing to meet the needs of the animals.
They will be sentenced at Leeds Magistrates' Court on February 12.
(The Star UK - Jan 22, 2016)
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