Owner Pleads Not Guilty in Colorado Horse Cruelty Case

A Colorado woman accused of maltreating more than 60 horses has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charges.
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A Colorado woman accused of maltreating more than 60 horses has pleaded not guilty to the animal cruelty charges against her.

On Jan. 20 Fremont County sheriff’s deputies, along with personnel from the Colorado Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Dumb Friends League, confiscated the horses following a sheriff’s department investigation.

On Jan. 23, the horses’ owner Penny Gingerich was charged with 64 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty.

Her attorney James Cook said Gingerich appeared in court on Jan. 31 and pleaded not guilty. In addition to filing the plea, Cook filed a motion requesting that the horses be returned to Gingerich on grounds that there was no probable cause to seize all the animals

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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.

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