SALEM, Ore. — The owner of a Willamette Valley alpaca ranch who was convicted of neglecting a herd of more than 200 animals was sentenced Tuesday in Polk County Circuit Court to three years in prison.
Robert Silver also was ordered to pay more than $15,000 in restitution with his wife, Jocelyn Silver. She previously pleaded guilty to neglect charges and was sentenced to three years of probation.
The Statesman Journal reports the couple owned Jocelyn’s Alpaca Ranch in Falls City, Ore.
Deputies and veterinarians found 58 dead alpacas at the ranch in December 2013 and moved 175 malnourished animals to the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University for emergency care.
About 150 of the alpacas survived and were adopted.
