Life time ban on owning animals in Milk River abuse case

[Catherine]

The Milk River abuse case became public when 200 animals were removed from a southern Alberta farm. In Dec 2014 and January 2015 over 200 dogs were removed from April Irving's property. The dogs were hungry and dehydrated and in terrible condition. There were a number of dead dogs, including new born puppies that were frozen solid.
Irving was charged with animal cruelty, but the charges were reduced when she pleaded guilty. What she faces now is a fine under the Animal Protection Act. The judge however also imposed a lifetime ban on owning animals in Alberta.


https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/woman-charged...-1.4715749

This was not the first time Irving had problems with too many dogs. She had trouble in Saskatchewan.
She may not have intended for things to get so bad, but she was not able to care for the numbers of dogs she had.
While she was hoarding them the dogs were not able to get help elsewhere. It was irresponsible to keep so many dogs.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-new...-that-size


People really responded and the dogs were cared for and homes were found for them. The story of their return to health and happiness has really touched people.  The story of the dogs has been made into a documentary. It is a story with a happy ending as the dogs all recovered and found new lives.



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche...-1.3960441


With the lifetime ban hopefully this will not happen again.