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1995 Animals' Advoc. 1 (1995)

handle is hein.animal/aniad1995 and id is 1 raw text is: As I ' G Abuse an Animal.. .Go to Jail ALDF Partners with Law Enforcement Agencies to Help Protect Animals NIMAL COLLECTOR VICKI KITTLES A has been convicted of animal neglect in the state of Ore- gon. Kittles has a long histo- ry of run-ins with law enforcement. While living in Florida, she was repeatedly cited for cruelty to animals. After authorities in that state gave up trying to prosecute her, Kittles moved to Mississippi, where she picked up a large batch of dogs and collected money from people by promising to take the animals to a no- kill shelter in Colorado. She eventually settled in Washington state, but moved to Oregon after neighbors began to complain. In April 1993, Kittles was charged with cruelty to animals, after Clatsop County, OR Animal Control officers found 115 dogs, four cats and two chickens living in a dilapidated school Dog taken from Kitties' bus bus. The officers on the scene reported that they had never before seen a more grotesque example of animal neglect. The dogs were suffering from malnutri- tion, dehydration, skin disease, heart- worm, and several animals were found dead. The animals were living in their own excrement, and had not been given food or water for days. The bus was filthy, and caked with feces and animal hair. For over a year and a half, Kittles tied the legal system in knots. She Joyce Tischier presenting award to Joshua Marquis caused countless delays by filing numerous motions, firing seven court appointed public defenders, and suc- cessfully demanding the removal of five judges. She prevented veterinary care from being given to dogs with heartworm and kept the animals from being placed in foster homes. The case was a fiasco until Joshua Marquis, the Clatsop County District Attorney, stepped in and began to vigorously prosecute it. ALDF offered Marquis its help. Attorney member Pamela Frasch researched points of law and prepared legal memoranda. She also worked with the local humane society to pro- continued on next page PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER E uvmumffia

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