Legal proceedings against a woman who once cared for 4,000 mice and other animals finally came to an end in a Kitchener, Ont. court on Feb. 20 when she agreed to permit regular inspections of her home.
In return for her consent in a one-year peace bond, an animal-cruelty charge against Anita Logel, 61, was dropped. "This matter is finally over for you," Justice Michael Epstein said.
Years of complaints by neighbours came to a head when Kitchener officials got a warrant to go into Logel's house in the fall of 2006. They found more animals than anyone expected, with 4,000 mice, plus guinea pigs, rabbits, turtles, pigeons and dogs taken from the house by the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane ... more