Urge Prosecution for puppy mill breeder
Catherine "Dodie" Cariaso, a dog breeder from Loveland, Colorado, is accused of abandoning 84 Labrador retrievers in a Berthoud home this summer - Fifty four dogs had to be euthanised due to their condition.
Authorities on July 3 discovered the dogs, many of them puppies, in waste-filled travel crates. Employees of the Larimer Humane Society, which euthanized 54 of the dogs, said the Labs suffered from physical and behavioral problems that in many cases were untreatable.
Cariaso's next day in court will be for sentencing in August for abandoning 84 Labrador retrievers and leaving them without food and water for several days near Berthoud in July 2004. Fifty-four of the dogs had to be euthanized because of their conditions; three more eventually died, and 27 survived and are in private homes.
Cariaso, who is free on $11,000 bond, is charged with 16 counts of animal cruelty for allegedly abandoning 84 Labs without food or water at a rental home in early July. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 18 months incarceration and/or a $5,000 fine for each charge.
We petition Larimer County Justice Center to impose mandatory psychological testing and counseling and the maximum jail sentence on Morgan.
