March 30, 2011
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Marlboro woman arrested for hoarding rabbits
 Some of the rescued rabbits |
MARLBORO – Ulster County SPCA investigators Wednesday arrested
a Mt. Zion Road, Marlboro woman on 64 misdemeanor counts of failure to
provide proper sustenance to animals.
Phyllis Edwards, 64, was arrested following an undercover investigation
that revealed 64 rabbits living in deplorable conditions with no food
or water.
One dead rabbit was removed from the trailer where the animals were kept.
“The animals were living in the worst filth and waste imaginable,”
said SPCA investigator David Fix. Many of the animals were emaciated,
had open sores, bites, and other injuries.
The animals were brought to the Ulster County SPCA facility in Kingston
where they are receiving care and medical attention.
Edwards must return to Marlborough Town Court early next month to answer
the charges.
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