Horses linked to cruelty case could be sold: MIGHT FACE SLAUGHTER AS JUDGE OKS AUCTION WHILE LAWSUITS DRAG ON.

From: Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY) | Date: March 31, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Brandon Ortiz

Mar. 31--More than a dozen horses saved from a woman convicted in a high-profile Lexington animal cruelty case could be sold for slaughter.

Two years ago, a Fayette jury sentenced Kathleen Nygaard to 90 days in jail for neglecting to give food and water to horses, dogs and cats at 305 South Yarnallton Pike, which Nygaard rented from Charles and Shawn Deppen of Lexington. In January 2005, authorities found two horses, a dog and cat dead on...

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