- Alabama, USA -
In late September 2024, the Winston County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to a case of animal abuse at a property on Old Clear Creek Road where MILDRED MCDONALD (pictured), had resided.
An investigation was launched and according to the press release by the sheriff’s office, the property “was found to be in an extreme state of neglect”. Inside and around the property, officials discovered approximately thirty (30) or more animals, mostly dogs “in varying states of abuse and neglect.”
Deputies then obtained and executed a search warrant. Evidence was collected and with the assistance of the Birmingham Humane Society the abused animals were removed from the property.
Some of the Voiceless Victims were taken to shelters in hopes of rehoming, and sadly, some others “had to be euthanized due to their extreme mistreatment.”
Deputies received a tip that MCDONALD was hiding in a home in Adamsville and she was arrested.
MCDONALD was charged with ten felony counts of animal cruelty in the first degree and booked into the Winston County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
Winston County Sheriff Caleb Snoddy said: “This is one of the worst cases involving the abuse and neglect of animals that I’ve seen in my career, it is an extremely sad and heartbreaking thing to see, I just can’t seem to find a reason that anyone would want to live like that or allow animals to be in those conditions, the only positive thing that I can see here is that these animals are no longer suffering.”
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MCDONALD’s mugshot shared from the Winston County Sheriff's Office
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