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FLETCHERS LAKE:<\/strong> A 46-year-old Fletchers Lake woman is not permitted to own any new animals for the next six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karie Pye was sentenced recently, the N.S. SPCA said in a releasee on Mya 26, for permitting 15 rabbits to be in distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The charge and sentencing came under the Animal Protection Act of Nova Scotia, section 26 (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pye is prohibited from owning any new animals for six years and must make a contribution of $50 to the Nova Scotia SPCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She was allowed to maintain custody of her four cats, with terms and conditions for their ongoing care, including inspection rights for the SPCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In early 2023, the SPCA received an animal cruelty complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Upon investigation, officers found 15 rabbits living in unsanitary and poor conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n After Orders to correct the conditions were not met, the SPCA seized 15 rabbits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOwning an animal comes with responsibilities to care for them,\u201d said Kevin Strooband, Chief Inspector, Nova Scotia SPCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cClean water, food, shelter, and veterinary medical care are required; this is taken seriously in our province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPet owners are encouraged to reach out for assistance before it becomes too overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”239″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”238″] [adrotate banner=”105″] FLETCHERS LAKE: A 46-year-old Fletchers Lake woman is not permitted to own any new animals for the next six years. Karie Pye was sentenced recently, the N.S. SPCA said in a releasee on Mya 26, for permitting 15 rabbits to be in distress. The charge and sentencing came under the Animal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[185,65,50,1260,5431,8427],"class_list":["post-55685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-dartmouth","tag-fletchers-lake","tag-halifax","tag-n-s-spca","tag-nova-scotia-spca","tag-woman-sentenced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}