Thursday, August 5, 1993

Connecticut: Elizabeth Schultz, 54, accused of mistreating dozens of dogs in two towns was charged Tuesday with 17 counts of cruelty to animals

CONNECTICUT -- An Enfield woman accused of mistreating dozens of dogs in two towns was charged Tuesday with 17 counts of cruelty to animals.

Elizabeth M. Schultz, 54, who gives her home address as 11 Lox Lane in Enfield, was released on a $5,000 no-cash bond for an Aug. 10 appearance in Enfield Superior Court. She faces up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine on each count.

Police last week entered Schultz's West Street home in Windsor Locks and found 13 live dogs and two live cats in cages soiled 4 inches deep with feces. Police also found three dead dogs and a dead bird in the freezer.

Enfield police on Tuesday were preparing warrants to lodge similar charges against Schultz. At her Lox Lane home last week, police found 43 dogs stacked in cages soiled with urine and feces. Four dead dogs were found in the freezer and two more in the refrigerator, police said.

Schultz has said the rat terriers and chihuahuas, which she breeds, are her family because she has no husband or children.

She said conditions at her two houses began to deteriorate only recently because the cages are hard to clean and she was having trouble selling the dogs. She said she froze the carcasses to preserve them while she saved money for coffins.

Police in Enfield and Windsor Locks seized a total of 56 live dogs and are temporarily holding them in area animal shelters as evidence

(Hartford Courant - August 4, 1993)

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