AR-News: (CA) Woman admits starving horses

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http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=fbed4301-0b55-4
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CanWest News Services


Tuesday, April 06, 2004
  
A fiercely independent elderly Alberta woman conceded Monday that 62 horses 
were too many for her to look after.
Alexia Linton, 76, will be allowed no more than a stallion, five mares and 
any foals they produce, for at least the next year.
The Alberta SPCA seized 62 horses from her farm near Mundare in October, 
after finding there wasn't enough feed for them.
Linton, a retired accountant, insisted Monday in an interview that she is 
able to handle horses at her small farm 60 kilometres east of Edmonton. "I can 
still ride and train and break horses."
In provincial court she pleaded guilty to a charge of causing or permitting 
animals to be in distress, under the Animal Protection Act.
The judge accepted a joint submission from the defence and prosecution that 
for 12 months Linton be limited to just six mature horses and any foals they 
produce. She will be able to keep the foals for up to a year from birth.
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