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BROWN COUNTY — A civil case hearing involving the owner of a rural Sleepy Eye farm where seven horses and three donkeys were seized on Nov. 23 began Friday using remote technology.
The Brown County Sheriff’s office seized the animal from Sapphire Equestrian Farms owned by Candi Lemarr, 26731 315th Avenue, Sleepy Eye, (just east of Evan). The animals were seized, according to a court document, because the animals were reportedly malnourished, undernourished and lacking adequate feed.
The animals are being held at the Minnesota Hooved Animal Reserve in Zimmerman. Lemarr is contesting the seizure.
Lemarr said Friday that Brown County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Jeremy Reed said he’d take the (animals) or she could sign them over.