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AMY MARIE SMITH, KEVIN EUGENE SMITH, and JESSICA RENAE WAGNER, animal rescue staff, face charges

Updated: Nov 23, 2023

- Kentucky, USA -


Always Faithful Animal Rescue, an Elizabethtown-based nonprofit rescue, has been charged with ninety-one (91) counts of second-degree animal cruelty, thirty-one (31) counts of not licensing dogs with the county, and thirty-four (34) counts of animals not being vaccinated against rabies.


Following complaints made about the rescue, Hardin County Animal Care and Control officer Chris Silas responded to the facility on Hawkins Drive, on July 22, 2023.


Mike McNutt, Animal Care & Control Director, told WAVE the animals “were living in neglect and just wasn’t up to code.” He added: “You know it needs to be clean, food and water and clean cages.”


Mr. McNutt also explained to The New-Enterprise: “The animals were living in a neglectful situation, not up to code, but no life-threatening issues. There was no reason for us to go in and seize the animals. We are working with the county attorney to get everything up to code.”


Three people associated with the rescue are now facing charges: 46-years-old AMY MARIE SMITH (pictured), 55-years-old KEVIN EUGENE SMITH, and 28-years-old JESSICA RENAE WAGNER (also pictured).


According to Always Faithful Animal Rescue’s website, AMY SMITH is listed as the president and WAGNER as adopter, volunteer, and foster parent.


AMY MARIE SMITH spoke with The News-Enterprise and said that the charges are unfounded and will be dropped. She told the news agency that she offered to show ACO Silas the animals’ vaccination records and claimed “He didn’t check. That’s the thing. He never checked for vaccinations. He just said you can bring them to court. The thing is he never asked me. … So he’s charging me with something he never checked.” SMITH went on to say that ACO Silas is “out to get us” and has attacked the rescue “online for years”.


With regard to her title as president of the rescue, she said: “anyone can write that. The thing is he’s charging me, and I’m not even on board. I have nothing to do with the rescue. I just work here.”


According to The News-Enterprise, SMITH did not allow the news agency to enter the facility “which she said acts solely as a rescue and houses aggressive dogs.”


Mr. McNutt said the animals remain in the care of Always Faithful Animal Rescue.


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WALDEMAR MEJIAS arrested for abandoning two puppies who later had to be euthanized

- Florida, USA -


A few days ago, the Clewiston Police Department reached out to the public for assistance with an animal abandonment investigation.

Police posted on their Facebook page a picture of the suspect and the vehicle used in the incident.


In a subsequent post, police advised they identified the suspect as 53-years-old WALDEMAR MEJIAS (pictured).

Police have not released the video that caught MEJIAS in the act.


The press release did not have information about the abandoned animal, but after contacting the Clewiston Police Department, I learned that MEJIAS had abandoned two puppies.

Police tell me that the furvictims, who appear to be Pit-mix, “were found with severe cases of parvo and were subsequently euthanized.”


MEJIAS was placed under arrest on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, and booked into the Hendry County Jail on aggravated animal cruelty charges. Records show he was released the following day.


To my inquiry about the dogs’ names, police said: “The suspect did not share their names (if they had any), but he indicated that they were 2-3 months old.”


I took the liberty of naming the Voiceless Victims Azul and Meadow for the tribute image. Should their given names be made public, I will rectify them accordingly.


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MEJIAS’ mugshot shared from the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office.


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STACIA AAB arrested after dead, injured, and starving animals were found at her Kanawha County home

- West Virginia, USA -


On the evening of August 4, 2023, 28-years-old, STACIA AAB (pictured), former animal rescue worker, was booked into the South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility on animal cruelty charges.


Following an animal cruelty complaint, Kanawha County authorities responded to AAB’s home in the 1200 block of Woodland Drive. In a freezer in the basement, officials found two deceased dogs “swarming with maggots.”

Officials additionally discovered other dogs, cats, and kittens who were alive but not in healthy condition.


One dog was found severely emaciated in a crate filled with feces and urine; a mother cat was found with a broken spine and her two baby kittens were dehydrated; another cat was found without food or water.


According to WSAZ, Nautica Cohenour, a Humane Officer with the Charleston Police Department, said: “The power had been cut off since mid-June. The two dogs in the freezer were decomposed so that the scent was just so overwhelming.”


The live furvictims were taken to the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association to be examined and treated.


AAB has been arrested on twenty-six (26) pending counts of cruelty to animals.

Online records show AAB is being held on a $10,000 cash-only bond.


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Mugshot shared from the South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility.


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