Wilson Co. group: Animal ordinances not enforced

By: The Associated Press | WNCT
Published: November 08, 2011

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WILSON, N.C. (AP) - The Wilson County Humane Society says animal control ordinances need to be enforced better, pointing to a case where neighbors complained eight times this year about conditions at a house from which animals were later seized.

Sheriff Calvin Woodard says the case was handled correctly and balked at the Humane Society's suggestion to set up a committee of deputies and rescue groups to protect animals.

Both sides talked Monday to county commissioners about the issue, which came to a head after authorities seized two horses, a donkey and a goat from a home. Neighbors say they complained eight times since January about crowded living conditions, emaciated animals and carcasses on the property.

Anne Pression of the Humane Society says authorities aren't following ordinances.

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