[ SHOWGSD-L ] Judge convicts dog handler on all counts

From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>
To: The List <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 18:10:03 -0700
Probably all over the internet.  Here is the story.
Storm
> Judge convicts dog handler on all counts
>
> http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/story/609A5D625E028B9186257738001753AE?OpenDocument
>
> Mary Wild, 25, and her mother enter the Jefferson County Courthouse  
> on Thursday. (Laurie Skrivan/P-D)
> By Leah Thorsen and Kim Bell
> ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
> 06/04/2010
>
> Update: The judge convicted dog handler Mary Wild on all counts of  
> animal abuse about 2:30 p.m. Sentencing will be in the summer.
>
> HILLSBORO ? Mary Wild took the stand this morning in her bench trial  
> and said she had taken great care to ensure the dogs left in the van  
> would be safe. She also disputed yesterday's testimony from her  
> former assistant that she had closed a sliding door on the van. She  
> said today that it had been cracked and that that is a standard way  
> to house show dogs at night.
>
> "We do it all the time," Wild said.
>
> The prosecution is expected to question her this afternoon.
> Error! Filename not specified.
>
> The dog handler is accused of leaving eight show dogs inside a  
> scorching hot van overnight. According to testimony on Thursday,  
> Wild barely cracked a window and closed a van door that she usually  
> kept open. Seven of the dogs died.
>
> Wild, who was paid to handle dogs at shows, is charged with eight  
> counts of misdemeanor animal abuse after seven show dogs died in a  
> hot van a year ago. Wild, 25, waived her right to a jury trial, and  
> and her bench trial before Judge Raymond Dickhaner began Thursday in  
> Hillsboro.
>
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