According to the criminal complaint obtained by Newsline 9, a woman who knows Patricia Kirker and is familiar with the conditions of the home said, "Adult dogs are trying to kill any (puppy) litter that is not theirs and the mothers are left to protect them alone."
The women reported three puppies being killed by other dogs and one eaten, two horses being kept in a trailer for more than three weeks, dogs eating on a horse carcass in a horse pen, at least four horses and one pony died on the property since summer 2016, and dogs terrorizing the neighborhood, cornering one woman's 83-year-old mother and killing her cat.
The Forest County Sheriff's Department, with help from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, seized nearly 40 wolf dogs (wolf hybrids) and some sickly horses from the property on Highway S March 17.
Some dead animals were also found.
Three days before the seizure, Kirker was charged in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs into the county jail.
Kirker was charged Wednesday with six felony counts of mistreatment of animals causing death and 150 misdemeanor counts of intentionally mistreating animals, failure to provide them food and failure to provide them water. Her preliminary hearing is May 3.
(WSAU - April 20, 2017)
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