A 61 year old is facing animal cruelty charges after Kawartha Lakes police seized 27 dogs from a camping trailer in Lindsay.
Police announced details of the charges on Monday (August 24).
On Friday, August 14 at around 11:30 a.m., police — in a joint investigation with the animal welfare inspectors — located a camping trailer at a Kent Street West address in Lindsay, where they discovered 18 adult dogs and nine puppies.
Due to the conditions the dogs were found in, police seized the animals and turned them over to the humane society for examination and care.
As a result of the investigation, 61-year-old Janie Brooke Rumm, of no fixed address, was charged with cruelty to animals and cause damage to animal – fail to provide suitable/adequate food, water, care, shelter.
Rumm appeared in court on Friday (August 21) for a bail hearing.
