{"id":142,"date":"2010-08-25T15:28:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T15:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"1.973956"},"modified":"2010-09-02T17:53:32","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T17:53:32","slug":"woman-appealing-animal-cruelty-convictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2010\/08\/25\/woman-appealing-animal-cruelty-convictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman appealing animal cruelty convictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">A Susquehanna County woman appealing 78 convictions of animal cruelty from an alleged puppy mill operation near Thompson is getting another few days in court this week.<\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Jeanne Knapp is having her case heard in a judge&#8217;s trial before Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Kenneth Seamans.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">She was unhappy with the summary convictions she received last winter from Magisterial District Judge Peter Janicelli.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">In December of 2009, animal control officers seized 26 animals (22 dogs and 4 birds) from Knapp and charged her with 78 counts of animal cruelty of which she was found guilty in January.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Prior testimony in Knapp&#8217;s appeal was offered in May. <\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">On Monday, Dr. Kimberly Russell, a veterinarian for the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who took the stand for the prosecution said, &#8220;It was one of the worst cases I&#8217;ve seen out of the hundreds of animal cruelty cases I&#8217;ve seen.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Russell noted, &#8220;Every single animal was suffering from some form of neglect.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">The veterinarian described some of the dogs as arriving at the Philadelphia shelter in an emaciated state and suffering from dehydration, ear infections and upper respiratory infections. <\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Knapp&#8217;s attorney, Robert Hollister questioned Russell about the various vet services and treatments provided to the animals.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">In court testimony, Officer Annette Hoffman described animals in poor physical conditions, with fur matted with feces and mud; overturned, dirty water and food bowls; and sub-standard housing.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Since the Dec. 2, 2009, seizure of the animals, two dogs have died. One, named &#8220;Saturday&#8221; by PSPCA officers, died in January and another dog, referred to as &#8220;Monday,&#8221; was euthanized in July, according to court testimony.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Hoffman said the PSPCA had received a complaint in November 2009 of sick-looking dogs with improper shelter at the Knapp residence.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">The officer said that upon arriving at the house, she could see several large dogs, described as shepherds, and at least one small dog.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Hoffman testified that she could see &#8220;every rib&#8221; and protruding hip bones on the dog housed closest to the driveway.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">&#8220;The dog appeared to have caked on mud and feces on it,&#8221; Hoffman offered.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Knapp denied the officer access to the property to investigate and Hoffman obtained a search warrant based on the condition of the dog she had seen.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Of the dogs eventually removed from the Knapp residence, Hoffman said about half were shepherd or shepherd-mix canines; the other half were small dogs, including a Pomeranian, Yorkie and some terrier-mixes.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Knapp had refused to surrender the animals, Hoffman said. <\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Attorney Elizabeth Anderson was also called to testify by the prosecution. Anderson said she works as a PSPCA consultant and she testified that as of Monday, Knapp owed PSPCA more than $49,000 for the veterinarian care administered and daily boarding of the animals.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">PSPCA Officer Greg Jordan also offered testimony in court on Monday. Jordan was present during the seizure and transport of the animals.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">The prosecution rested its case late Monday afternoon.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Hollister recalled Russell to the stand as his first witness and questioned the vet about costs of vaccinations and the vet services to the animals.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">Russell said she provided the PSPCA clinic manager with a record of services rendered and the manager determined the charges.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: 0in; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt\"><font size=\"2\">The case is scheduled to resume on Thursday, Aug. 26 at 1 p.m.<\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Susquehanna County woman appealing 78 convictions of animal cruelty from an alleged puppy mill operation near Thompson is getting another few days in court&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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