INNISFAIL - A former British Columbia woman will be back in Red Deer court on Nov. 14 to answer to animal cruelty charges stemming from an arrest last summer at the Bluebird Motel when local Mounties seized eight extremely distressed dogs.
One of eight dogs seized by RCMP from an Innisfail motel room last July.
INNISFAIL - A former British Columbia woman will be back in Red Deer court on Nov. 14 to answer to animal cruelty charges stemming from an arrest last summer at the Bluebird Motel when local Mounties seized eight extremely distressed dogs.
Karin Leanna Adams, 46, who is currently in custody, was arrested on July 17 by Innisfail RCMP and charged with mischief, personating a peace officer, eight counts of failing to obtain dog licence, driving motor vehicle without holding a valid licence, trespassing, and harbouring more than three dogs. She was in Red Deer provincial court on Nov. 7 to stand trial but the case was put over to Nov. 14 when it's expected all matters will be resolved.
At the time of Adams' arrest, RCMP said they also received a complaint of a woman posing as a law enforcement professional asking questions of a dog owner about her dog and allegedly trying to take it.
Adams was initially released on several court-ordered conditions but was arrested again in September for allegedly violating conditions. She is scheduled for trial on May 1, 2019 on four counts of breach of recognizance.
In the meantime, Adams' daughter Catherine was sentenced Nov. 2 in Drumheller to 90 days in jail on animal cruelty charges in connection to an arrest in Hanna in 2015. She was also placed on probation for two years. Charges against her mother were dismissed.
Catherine and her mother were arrested in Hanna after police found 11 horses, 25 dogs and 17 birds in distress at their home.
The pair have a long history of being connected to animal abuse cases. They were convicted in 2014 after authorities in Houston, B.C. seized 18 horses, 18 dogs, 15 birds, two cats and 104 fish from a property.
The mother was jailed for 15 days while Catherine was sentenced to six months conditional house arrest.
Both mother and daughter have been banned in British Columbia for 20 years from owning any animals.
