The woman charged in connection with the deaths of five dogs that were discovered after an SPCA seizure in Milk River is now facing additional charges.
April Irving, who appeared in court in late February, is now facing 13 additional charges under the Animal Protection Act,
The Alberta SPCA laid the charges in connection with the seizure of over 200 dogs that were removed from her home in Milk River in December and January.
Officials say the dogs were in distress and in desperate need of care that Irving was not providing.
The SPCA says that one of the dogs also had untreatable injuries and needed to be euthanized.
The majority of the dogs seized from the rural property were malnourished and dirty. Several of the animals suffered from open wounds or broken bones.
Irving, meanwhile, says that she’s been receiving death threats online in connection with the charges.
On Monday, she called the suffering she’s been undergoing ‘inhumane’.
She is expected to appear in court for the new charges on April 13.
