With a new team of officers, Clark County Animal Protection and Control is cracking down on animal cruelty cases, leading to the prosecution of several animal owners since the fall.
A Battle Ground woman was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of two counts of felony first-degree animal cruelty after 20 cows were removed from her property in January due to owner neglect. Those cows were taken to Rocking B Farms in Ridgefield for treatment and then placed with a new owner, according to a Monday news release from the agency.
During the response, a veterinarian was forced to euthanize two cows on the property, and officers found several cow carcasses. About a month later, animal control officers, along with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, returned to the property to serve a search warrant, the news release states.
In October, animal control and the sheriff’s office seized four stallions, six mares — all in different stages of pregnancy — and two weanlings after serving a search warrant at a Washougal-area property and finding the horses in unsanitary conditions. The county worked with Rocking B Farms, a local veterinarian and an equine hoof specialist to treat the neglected animals. The property owner was arrested, the agency said.
