By rdnewsNOW staff

Judge sentences woman to 90 days for animal abuse

Nov 2, 2018 | 4:40 PM

DRUMHELLER – A southern Alberta woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for animal abuse that the judge called “substantial and criminal.”

Catherine Adams, who is 25, was found guilty in February of animal cruelty and of wilfully causing pain, suffering or injury to an animal.

In 2015, RCMP seized nine malnourished horses, 25 dogs and 17 birds from a property in Hanna that Adams shared with her mother.

Judge Judith Shriar said in Drumheller provincial court that a written submission from Adams expressing remorse after the sentencing hearing was too little and too late.

Shriar said Adams still hasn’t accepted that she did anything wrong.

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The judge also sentenced Adams to two years of probation and banned her from owning animals anywhere in Canada for the next 17 years.

Catherine’s mother Karin Adams is facing trial after eight distressed dogs were seized from an Innisfail motel room on July 17. Karin is charged with harbouring more than three dogs, mischief, personating a peace officer, eight counts of fail to obtain a dog license, trespassing and driving without a valid license. Her trial in Red Deer is scheduled for Nov. 7.

(Troy Gillard, with file from The Canadian Press)