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2005 Animals' Advoc. 1 (2005)

handle is hein.animal/aniad0024 and id is 1 raw text is: INSIDE: How to Spot a Hoarder See Page 6 Let Freedom Howl ALDF victory for dogs makes things finer in North Carolina T he judge spoke, and slowly his meaning sank in. Guilty, guilty, guilty. And ownership of all animals transferred to the Animal Legal Defense Fund! People rose to their feet, hugging, kissing, cry- ing. Some sat mute with shock, trying to absorb the joy of the future and the horror of the past all in one gulp. The defense attorney jumped to his feet and shouted in protest. But for that moment in a little courtroom in rural North Carolina, the voices of hundreds of dogs who had suffered in silence for so long were finally heard. On March 31, just four months after ALDF answered the call from local residents alarmed by the putrid conditions they had seen dogs suffer- ing in at the home of Barbara and Robert Wood- ley, Lee County District Court Judge Albert A. Corbett, Jr. found the Woodleys guilty of crimi- nal animal cruelty, giving them 45-day jail sen- tences, suspended on condition that they do not possess any animals for 5 years. It was the moment ALDF and scores of vol- unteers had been waiting for: the moment when the light of justice shone on the intolerable con- ditions on the Woodley property and offered the hope of freedom and an end to the suffering. Barbara Woodley was found guilty on 12 criminal animal cruelty counts and Robert Woodley on eight. Ownership of 17 dogs and three birds was forfeited to ALDE In a separate proceeding, ALDF sued civilly to halt the cruelty and get possession of the approxi- mately 90 dogs that have already been removed as well as the roughly 200 dogs remaining on the Woodley property. Judge Corbett agreed, granting ALDF a permanent injunction. ALDF retains cus- tody during any possible appeal. You didn't need to see the horror of life at the Continued on page 4 Volunteer Laurie Griffin gives a Sanford survivor a warm embrace

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