A 50-year-old woman from Yarker, ON. has been sentenced to a lifetime ban on owning animals after being convicted of nine counts of animal cruelty under the Ontario SPCA Act as a result of an investigation into the treatment of three horses in her care.

The Ontario SPCA received a report on March 30, 2016 about animals in distress at a residence in the village of Yarker, located approximately 30 kilometers northeast of Greater Napanee. An officer attended the property and found three emaciated horses living inside a dark, manure-filled barn. The animals had no access to food or water and were observed shivering. The horses were examined by a veterinarian and found to have very low body condition scores, as well as wounds on their legs that required treatment.

On April 26, 2017, Theresa Orr, 50, was found guilty in a Napanee Provincial Offences Court of nine counts of animal cruelty under the Ontario SPCA Act…

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