Bratt Woman Convicted Of Animal Cruelty
December 16, 2024
A Bratt woman has been convicted of animal cruelty for mistreating horses, one of which was euthanized last year.
Lois Adams Hall, 63, was found guilty of misdemeanor unlawful confinement or abandonment of animals and felony causing cruel death, pain or suffering of animals.
Judge John Simon sentenced Hall to 18 months probation and ordered not to own any animals.
On September 26, 2023, Escambia County Animal Control spoke to the property owner who stated that his ex-daughter-in-law owned two of the horses and his granddaughter owned the third, according to investigative reports. The horses were being kept in a fenced yard on the back side of the property.
“The field that they’re being kept in has no grass,” the Animal Control sergeant wrote in her report. “It is nothing but dirt. Water trough is empty.”
“I expressed my concern about these horses being in the Fence line in the back of this property with no grazable land. No shelter for the animals to get under. Fence is tore up and animals have been loose recently.”
“This family was asked several times to take these horses to the Veterinarian to be checked out. They avoided doing anything to help the animals. Horse known as Ajax was euthanized on October 23, 2023 at 9:06am. Ajax was so emaciated that when he went down he could not pick his body back up. We did not want him to suffer any more so we ordered to have him Euthanized,” the report states.
On October 2, 2023, Animal Control returned to Still Road where they contacted the owner’s daughter, who was very argumentative, according to the report. The daughter claimed one horse was 40 years old, not 30.
“I don’t think the horse is near 40. I asked for the horse to be taken care of by a veterinarian. She stated that she’s told her mom to do this multiple times and her mom hasn’t done it, I explained to her that it needs to be done by this Friday or animal control will step in and remove the horse,” the sergeant wrote.
About a week later, a neighbor told Animal Control that they had been feeding and watering the horses. The sergeant called Hall, who thanked her for removing the horses. Hall’s other comments were redacted from the report.
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7 Responses to “Bratt Woman Convicted Of Animal Cruelty”
We will never change to outcome for neglected animals without stiffer penalties and more resources to enforce the laws.
If they would start handing down harsher sentences these people would think twice about doing it. My solution is to make them pay for any medical and boarding expenses the rescues have to pay for the the animals still alive and then contribute monetarily or by services to the rescues.
Should have had jail time. Animals matter, too.
IF You can’t feed them – Don’t Have Them!
Age, really, is not a factor in body score. People need to learn this, all people, even those that do not have them. Vet Them, Tend to their needs and when the day comes, Lay them to rest.
Starvation is not the answer, Ever. Makes me sick to see a horse neglected because people don’t understand how to feed one or doesn’t care!
What a joke our legal system is when it comes to animals. As I say over and over, there is no justice anymore, it is simply a legal system.
Commit a serious felony. Get probation. Sounds about right… SMH
A horse died and she still got a misdemeanor, how unfair. She should be found guilty and given time for a felony.