By Lara Fominoff - Lethbridge News Now

Woman charged with animal abuse says she’s getting death threats

Feb 6, 2019 | 5:59 AM

LETHBRIDGE- A 59-year-old woman facing multiple animal abuse charges has told a Lethbridge judge that she is facing death threats in jail and wants to be moved to solitary confinement.

April Dawn Irving is charged with 13 counts of cruelty to animals, one count of causing suffering to animals and failure to appear in court.

Irving was arrested in 2014 after five dogs were found dead on a property near Milk River, along with more than 200 neglected animals.

Those that were still alive were found dehydrated, starving and chained to stakes.

A warrant was put out for her arrest after she failed to show up for several court dates and she only recently was arrested by RCMP in Manitoba and returned to Alberta.

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Irving appeared in court yesterday via closed-circuit television and told the judge that she fears for her safety in custody.

Background

Alberta RCMP confirm that April Dawn Irving was arrested on the evening of Jan. 16, 2019, by Stonewall RCMP, on behalf of Milk River RCMP.

Prior to that in 2016, Saskatchewan RCMP released a photo of a woman they believed was Irving and in Jan. 2017, she was living in Jamaica.

Irving was arrested and charged with cruelty to animals in 2014.

Her court case in Lethbridge was never concluded and an arrest warrant was issued after she failed to show up for her court dates.

(Lethbridge News Now – The Canadian Press)

by Lara Fominoff - Lethbridge News Now

Woman charged with animal abuse says she’s getting death threats

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