Wisconsin Veterinarian Sentenced to Prison for Sex Trafficking
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A Wisconsin equine veterinarian was sentenced to more than 48 months in prison for sex trafficking Chinese women. Brian Lee Kersten, of Pleasant Valley, is Minnesota's first labor trafficking convic...
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, Plaintiff, vs. CAROL LINDA DUTHOY DOBBELAIRE, Defendant.
Minnesota Horse Council director Carol Dobbelaire is facing animal cruelty charges. The probable cause affidavit states there is "a pattern of culpable negligence, resulting in the emaciation, suffering, and eventual deat...
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Minnesota Horse Council Director Charged with Horse Abuse
Minnesota Horse Council director Carol Dobbelaire is facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly starving her horses. Humane Agent Keith Streff from the Animal Humane Society says, "the problem has been on-going for tw...
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Former Minnesota Horse Council Board Member Pleads Guilty to Animal Cruelty
A former Minnesota Horse Council board member accepted a plea deal after being accused of starving her horses. Carol Dobbelaire pleaded guilty to two counts of gross misdemeanor animal cruelty and misdemeanor neglect....
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Boarding Stable Operator Charged in Horses' Deaths
Charges have been filed against a Minnesota farm operator accused of shooting two American Saddlebred mares. William Henry St. Sauver Jr. is charged with two felony counts of animal torture....
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EHV-1 Cases Confirmed in Minnesota, 1 Horse Euthanized
A Minnesota official says two horses have tested positive for the non-neuropathogenic strain of the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1.)...
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4 EHV-1 Cases Confirmed in Minnesota, 2 Horses Euthanized
The number of confirmed cases of horses with the non-neuropathogenic strain of the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) continues to rise as Minnesota officials await additional test results....
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EHM Confirmed in Minnesota Horse
A Minnesota horse has tested positive for equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), a neurological disease caused by the equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1)....
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