MISTY L. CAREY, owner of MC Stables, arrested and seventeen horses removed from the property – One horse was euthanized

- New York, USA -

The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office arrested 49-year-old MISTY L. CAREY (pictured), owner of MC Stables in Verona.

On July 3, 2025, the Criminal Investigation Unit and Road Patrol Unit responded to MC Stables after receiving a complaint about malnourished horses at the farm.

The Henneke Scoring System determined the horses’ health conditions to be poor. According to the press release by the sheriff’s office, one horse appeared to have sustained untreated/neglected injuries, causing his/her condition to deteriorate and the poor soul was sadly euthanized.

Oneida County Sheriff Robert M. Maciol said that MC Stables was responsible for boarding, training and racing horses for several individuals. They were contacted, and some arranged the removal of their horses from the facility.

On July 8, 2025, a search warrant was executed at MC Stables, and the remaining horses who were removed were boarded by several volunteers.

The case was then forwarded to the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office for Grand Jury consideration and on September 11, 2025, an indictment warrant was issued for CAREY for one felony count of aggravated cruelty to animals and seventeen misdemeanor counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals, failure to provide proper sustenance.

CAREY was arrested on September 12, 2025, and transported to the Kurt B. Wyman Law Enforcement Building for processing.  After processing, she was held at the Oneida County Jail, pending an arraignment in Oneida County Court.  On September 15, 2025, CAREY was arraigned in County Court and pleaded not guilty. She was released on her own recognizance.  

I took the liberty of naming the Voiceless Victim who was euthanized Skyler for the tribute image. Should his/her given name be made public, I will rectify it accordingly.

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SHARON ANNE MOODY, owner of Tallyho Kennels, arrested after several deceased dogs were found on the property

- South Carolina, USA -

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 62-year-old SHARON ANNE MOODY (pictured).

MOODY is the owner of Tallyho Kennels, a pet boarding business on 4915 Old Spartanburg Road in Taylors.

According to the press release by the sheriff’s office, it all started with an investigation into the conditions of the business back on March 20, 2025, when the owner of the property went to Tallyho Kennels and made a gruesome discovery.

The owner of the property was notified by the power company that the power was going to be turned off at Tallyho Kennels, so the owner went to the business to check on MOODY, the tenant, who had a “Lease to Own” agreement.

Once inside Tallyho Kennels, the property owner found many deceased dogs and after taking pictures of the horrid scene, they alerted Greenville County Animal Control.

Animal Control in conjunction with the sheriff’s office began investigating and based on the gathered evidence, investigators obtained a search warrant for the property.

Investigators soon discovered that the deceased dogs they saw in the pictures, along with numerous other animals, had been removed from Tallyho Kennels before the search.

However, they did find two additional deceased dogs “in various stages of decomposition,” stated the release.

According to the sheriff’s office, conditions inside both the residence and kennels were found to be unsanitary, with significant amounts of feces and a heavy flea infestation.

Following the investigation, on March 28, 2025, warrants were obtained for MOODY’s arrest. She was located and taken into custody on September 9, 2025.

As per the press release, when MOODY was interviewed, she “admitted to previously housing at least 20 canines on the property. Many of these animals were reportedly left behind by individuals who never returned after boarding them.”

MOODY claimed she attempted to reach out to shelters and rescues but was told there was no space available. She further admitted to euthanizing eight smaller dogs with Benadryl, while the remaining animals died as a result of starvation.

MOODY was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on four counts of ill-treatment of animals and one count of failure to bury a dead animal.

The Greenville County Magistrates' Office set a $8,500 bond which MOODY was able to post.

I reached out to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office to inquire about the dogs and the following is what I was told in an email:

“-The two canines that were collected by Animal Control and the Sheriff’s office had no microchips in them. The corpses were “mummified” meaning they had been deceased for some time.

-Sharon admitted to removing and disposing 20 canines from the property, before Law Enforcement arrived. We removed 2 additional canines that she was unaware of so we suspect that there was 22 canines in total that died on the property.

-Due to the condition that we found the canines; the age, breed, name and sex are unknown.

-No animals were rescued from Tallyho Kennels. They were all dead by the time we got involved.”

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SARAH BETH MAIDEN found guilty of felony animal cruelty in the death of a German Shepherd named Rosie

 -Virginia, USA -

⚠️WARNING⚠️The article contains a picture of Rosie some of you may find distressing⚠️

On September 10, 2025, in Page County Circuit Court, following a one-day trial, the jury took less than an hour to find SARAH BETH MAIDEN (pictured) guilty of cruelty to a companion animal in the death of her 2-year-old German Shepherd named Rosie.

Back in October 2024, a devastating picture of Rosie spread on social media compelling community members to rightfully seek justice for her.

The photo showed Rosie lying on the ground in MAIDEN’s yard chained to a fence in an extreme state of emaciation.

On October 24, 2024, deputy Corbin of the Page County Sheriff’s Office, went to MAIDEN’s home on 715 Sixth Street in Shenandoah to conduct an animal welfare check and found Rosie in the condition seen in the graphic photo below.

Rosie was taken to the Verona Emergency Vet Hospital in Augusta County. The results of the blood draw indicated that the Rosie was severely dehydrated and the muscle fibers were breaking down due to inadequate food and water.

The vet who examined Rosie determined her prognosis was poor and the only options were expensive intensive care or humane euthanasia. Rosie was sadly euthanized.

MAIDEN had fostered Rosie from the Rockingham County SPCA before adopting her.

MAIDEN was initially charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty. However, on February 13, 2025, at a preliminary hearing, General District Court Judge Kenneth Alger II certified the Class 6 felony of torturing a dog to a circuit court grand jury. In doing so, MAIDEN’s previous misdemeanor charge was elevated to felony animal torture. On March 5, 2025, the grand jury indicted MAIDEN on that charge.

Now, back to September 10, when MAIDEN was found guilty. In the morning she pleaded not guilty to the charge, then the jury selection began. After the jury was selected, the court went into recess.

At around 1:30 p.m. acting Commonwealth Attorney Armanda Clymer and MAIDEN’s defense attorney, Scott Hansen, gave opening statements.

During the trial, Clymer presented evidence of MAIDEN’s lack of care and failure to take Rosie to a veterinarian for treatment ultimately leading to Rosie being euthanized.

In her closing argument Clymer said: “Owning a pet is not a privilege, it’s a responsibility. The dog couldn’t walk, it had to be carried into the vet…the defendant left the dog in her yard for as long as it took the dog to get to that stage. That dog did not get to that point in two days. That’s a willful act.”

Scott Hansen argued that Rosie had pre-existing conditions consistent with a tick-borne illness such as Lyme disease and that his client’s actions did not meet the merits of a “willful act” to cause Rosie harm. The defense motioned to strike the felony charge and then again to introduce lesser misdemeanor charges.

Hansen said: “It’s like saying a parent is guilty because their child has cancer. She did not cause the dog to have Lyme disease.”

Judge Clark Andrew Ritchie denied the motion to strike and agreed with arguments of the prosecution that no effort was made to properly address Rosie’s condition.

While the jury was excused from the room, in his decision Judge Ritchie said: “I have evidence that the dog had pre-existing conditions. I have evidence that those circumstances were known. I have evidence that there were attempts to surrender [the dog]. But quite simply, she did not take it to a vet.”

Then, he told Hansen: “You use the example of parents who have a child with cancer…but I would point out those parents would take their child to the doctor.”

MAIDEN’s sentencing hearing is set for January 14, 2026, at 1:30 p.m..

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