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The former owner of Pure Gold Stables in Salem, Ohio, is expected to enter a plea in the animal cruelty case stemming from five dead horses found at her farm last year. Heather Birkmire is charged with five counts of cruelty to animals and another four counts related to the improper disposal of dead or destroyed animals

Skeletal remains of four horses were found at Ohio’s former Pure Gold Stables, sparking an animal cruelty investigation and community outrage.

The Friendship Animal Protection League raided a suspected cockfighting operation in Lorain County on Feb. 28, confiscating over 200 animals.