LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — A woman from Middleburg, Va., was convicted on eight counts of animal cruelty for her treatment of a cat and several dogs in her care, officials said Thursday.
In a news release, Loudoun County Animal Services (LCAS) said that its investigation into 62-year-old Patricia Mathis-Burby started on July 25, 2024, after someone placed a call about the welfare of pets in her home.
Investigators learned that she was using her home to foster for an “unregistered ‘animal rescue’” as well as providing training and boarding services.
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LCAS later found that there was a “layer of feces and wood shavings on the floor so deep that the dogs confined to crates had to be dug out by officers in order to be removed.”…