Woman sentenced to six months detention for animal cruelty

CARTERSVILLE - A Bartow County woman has been sentenced to six months in an adult detention center after her conviction on animal cruelty charges. <br> <br> Rebecca Sue Lowe was convicted in February of three counts of animal cruelty. <br> <br> Bartow County Superior Court Judge David Smith Tuesday gave Lowe a 36-month sentence with six months to be served and 30 months probation. She also was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine and $4,000 in restitution to the veterinarian who boarded some of the husky dogs. <br> <br> The sentencing ended the case that began in March of last year when the Bartow County Animal Control office was inundated by calls from people concerned about the animals&#39; welfare. <br> <br> Lowe operated a commercial kennel raising husky dogs at her property in Taylorsville. <br> <br> During the February trial, Ray DeLuca, an inspector for the Georgia Department of Agriculture, said many of the animals were malnourished when he visited the site on April 19, 2001. <br> <br> He said only one animal had any food, many animals had no water and the ones who did had filthy water he wouldn&#39;t give to anything. <br> <br> She was originally charged with 32 counts of cruelty to animals, but that was dropped to four counts by the district attorney&#39;s office prior to the trial.

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