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- Illinois, USA -


~ Update: December 14, 2022


59-years-old KAREN ANNETTE PLAMBECK (pictured), is facing additional charges after her arrest in August 2022, when Mercer County animal control rescued 198 dogs from her property in rural Sherrard.


On Monday, December 12, 2022, PLAMBECK was in court for her pre-trial conference and Mercer County State’s Attorney Grace Simpson said she was filing seven more counts of animal abuse against bringing the total to twelve counts of aggravated cruelty to animals.


PLAMBECK has pled not guilty to all the charges. If convicted, she could spend one to three years in jail on the animal abuse charges and two to five years for tampering with a witness in the case.


PLAMBECK’s next pre-trial conference is set for February 6, 2023, at 9:00 a.m.




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On Friday, August 12, 2022, Mercer County Sheriff’s office arrested 59-years-old KAREN ANNETTE PLAMBECK (pictured), after animal control rescued 198 dogs from her property in rural Sherrard.


The dogs were found living in their fecal matter, with matted coats, dehydrated, and extremely skinny.


PLAMBECK was charged with three counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, a Class 4 felony punishable by one to three years in prison.

She was released after posting 10% of a $25,000 bond and court records show she had her first court appearance on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.


Prosecutors have rightfully asked a judge to permanently forfeit the dogs rescued from PLAMBECK’s home and Mercer County State’s Attorney Grace Simpson filed a petition on Tuesday, August 16, 2022.

According to court records, a petition hearing has been set for Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 9:00 a.m.

A preliminary hearing is also scheduled to take place the same day.


KWQC reports that according to the petition, on August 10, 2022, a woman named Lauren Strickland of Watervliet, Michigan, called the Mercer County Animal Control Department to report that some of her Collies who had been sold to a person in South Carolina, never arrived and said that they were supposed to be transported by PLAMBECK. Strickland expressed concern for the welfare of the dogs.


An animal control officer went to PLAMBECK’s home and later returned with a search warrant.

At PLAMBECK’s home officials found 193 Collies, 3 Corgis, and 2 Pyrenees.

Some of the dogs had mange, maggots, parvo, and necrosis. None of them had access to water.


Two puppies were found with severe cases of sarcoptic mange. The contagious disease caused the puppies to itch uncontrollably and not eat, resulting in them being emaciated.


A Collie was found with a large skin ulcer that had underlying muscle necrosis and the wounds had a large amount of maggots. The furbaby could not stand on his/her own and was sadly euthanized.


A litter of puppies was also found to be parvo positive and another Collie was suffering from a chronic fracture of the tarsal joint.


According to QuadCities, Strickland was able to locate and get back four of her eight Collies. She later found out that one Collie was going to be kept by animal control, two were “shipped” by PLAMBECK to other states and were located, and two more are still missing. Strickland told QuadCities: “I have the two missing, Holly and Storm. We’re working on hiring a private investigator at this point because we just don’t know what else to do. We’re desperate for any information.”


On Thursday, September 1, 2022, PLAMBECK was arrested again for unlawful communication with a witness. Reportedly, PLAMBECK contacted the guardian of one of the dogs involved in the animal cruelty case.


As reported by KWQC, PLAMBECK has been charged with animal cruelty before.

In fact, in 2019, she was charged with cruel treatment of animals and four counts of unlawful inhumane care for animals.

Official documents obtained by KWQC show that PLAMBECK “allowed a halter to remain on a 2-year-old paint mare so long that the halter was embedded causing a necrotic area on the bridge of the horse’s nose.”

Documents further show that PLAMBECK additionally “failed to provide enough good quality, wholesome food to the same horse and several others.”


PLAMBECK “was later charged with disorderly conduct for breaching the peace by allowing her dogs to bark for hours on end”, stated the documents.

To this charge, PLAMBECK pleaded not guilty and she was sentenced to 24 months of court supervision.

As court records show, in a plea deal, PLAMBECK agreed to allow the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Department of Agriculture, or animal control to come onsite to check on the status of the animals.

Prosecutors dismissed the remaining charges against her.


This story nauseated me to my very core and made me break down in tears at the same time.

To know that there are soulless and heartless people who breed animals for profit speaks volumes about how we desperately and urgently need laws to put an end to this.

Innocent dogs have been bred, sold, transported, stolen, and shipped as if they were objects.

These VOICELESS VICTIMS have experienced stress, fear, exhaustion, and anxiety, only to end up in a hellish place confused and disoriented where they were not fed, watered, medically treated, or cared for!

Breeders, if you cannot make an honest living, sell yourselves!


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- Kentucky, USA -


On the evening of June 7, the Mercer Humane Society was contacted by a Mercer County Animal Control Officer regarding two dogs who were found in critical condition and in need of immediate medical intervention.

The dogs were in an advanced state of starvation.


ABC 36 reports that a neighbor called the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office after seeing the dogs whom ABC 36 identified as Titan and Rocket.

One dog was left free roaming while the other one had been left inside of a cage.


According to a Facebook post by the Mercer Humane Society/Kentucky, the furbabies were abandoned by their guardians “several months ago and left behind with no care and no plan, to starve and die.”


The nonprofit provided the dogs with basic care overnight, and the following day, the furbabies were placed in the care of the Commonwealth Animal Hospital.


In an update, the Mercer Humane Society said that both dogs had two and a half weeks of small meals as part of the special re-feeding program required to treat starvation.

As if the situation was not severe enough, the furbabies also had to fight pneumonia, severe anemia, and surgery to remove rocks from the gut that were ingested for lack of food!


Two soulless and heartless individuals have been identified in this case as those who abandoned the dogs as if they were trash.


KATRINA NICOLE CAIN and MICHALE CAIN abandoned the VOICELESS VICTIMS before moving to Liberty and are now facing four counts of animal cruelty, which are Misdemeanors under Kentucky law.

On Monday, June 27, they faced a judge at the Mercer County District Court for their arraignment and pleaded not guilty.


Online court records show that KATRINA NICOLE CAIN’s pre-trial conference is scheduled for August 11, 2022, at 1:30 p.m.


If you wish and can afford to help the Mercer County Humane Society and the Commonwealth Animal Hospital with the medical expenses, please call the hospital at: (859) - 734 - 2245 and the Mercer County Humane Society at: (859) - 734 - 9500. Thank you!


Voice For Us believes that Titan and Rocket’s pictures with their ribs showing should plaster every single empty wall in Kentucky and should not be taken down until lawmakers take animal cruelty SERIOUSLY and modify the existing ridiculous law.

Look at that poor dog and tell me how is that a MISDEMEANOR!?

That’s not a parking violation! That’s a precious life that was treated as if it was trash!

ANY act of animal cruelty must be classified as a Felony nationwide!

Lesser classifications trivialize the act itself, and do not serve as a strong enough deterrent for future crimes.

Lawmakers, get to work!


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- Pennsylvania, USA -


~ Update: August 31, 2022


On Monday, August 29, 2022, Mercer County Common Pleas President judge Daniel P. Wallace sentenced 54-years-old old PHILIP SCHAEFER (pictured) to 3-12 months in Mercer County Jail followed by 5 years’ probation. A condition while he is on probation or parole is that he cannot have any animals.


In March 2022, officers with the Mercer County Humane Society responded to a property in Springfield Township after being alerted by neighbors to dead animals.

A search warrant led to the gruesome discovery of deceased animals “strewn all over.”

The live animals were malnourished and none of them had access to food or water.

Neighbors told officers they believed SCHAEFER had left three months prior and they had tried to feed the animals the best they could but sadly some of them did not survive.

Chief Humane Officer Paul Tobin told WFMJ they probably froze to death.


SCHAEFER was charged with 37 felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and 108 misdemeanor counts of neglect of animals. He pleaded guilty to one consolidated count of aggravated cruelty to animals.


In sentencing judge Wallace told SCHAEFER: “You’re in front of a judge that loves animals”, and yet this scum will not be spending years behind bars but months!!!!


The Herald reports that judge Wallace also ordered SCHAEFER “to attend mental health treatment sessions.”

I believe that given this ridiculous sentence Wallace needs some of that treatment too!






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On March 10, police officers with the Mercer County Humane Society were called to a property on 620 Millburn Road, Springfield Township, about dead animals.

The following day a search warrant granted by District Judge Brian R. Arthur was executed on the property.


WFMJ reports that upon arrival officers discovered deceased animals “strewn all over.”


The live animals were malnourished and none of them had access to food or water.


Neighbors told officers they believed the owner had left three months prior and they had tried to feed the animals the best they could but sadly some of them did not survive.


Chief Humane Officer Paul Tobin told WFMJ they probably froze to death.


He said among the deceased animals were 17 ducks, 16 chickens, 1 dog found on a short chain, 1 goat found tied to a pole, and 4 yearlings.

Officers also found the bones of a horse and the bones of two guinea pigs.


Inside the property officials discovered two empty reptile cages.

Additionally, officers located 2 live dogs who were extremely emaciated and 4 emaciated goats.


Chief Tobin said there were two 7-gallon containers filled with scratch and corn and five or six bales of hay.


Investigators learned the property was being rented to 54-year-old PHILIP SCHAEFER (pictured) who was not there at the time of the search.

He was arrested on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 15.


SCHAEFER, of 1567 South Center Street, Grove City, was charged with 37 felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and 108 misdemeanor counts of neglect of animals.


Chief Tobin said about the case: “This was flat-out neglect and cruelty” and added: “All he had to do was go feed them. He chose not to do so.”


SCHAEFER was released from Mercer County Jail after posting bond and waived his right to a hearing in district court on March 24, before District Judge Daniel W. Davis.


Judge Davis scheduled an arraignment in Common Pleas for May 24, 2022, and ordered an evaluation by the Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission.


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