Horse advocates speak out after Gwenyth Davies avoids jail again
There is no legal way a judge can impose animal ownership ban for life.
Posted: Apr 27, 2021 7:17 PM
Updated: Apr 27, 2021 8:28 PM
Posted By: Jaewon Jung
LANE COUNTY, Ore. -- Horse owners and advocates are speaking out after a Creswell woman convicted of 11 counts of animal neglect avoided jail time again, despite violating her probation agreement.
Gwenyth Davies reportedly missed nearly all her payments and was only sporadically sending photos of the few animals she has been allowed to have.
Horse lovers say that cases like Davies' happen all too often.
"This is an all too common situation," said Oregon Horse Rescue co-founder David Kelly. "Horses have stunningly little right to a decent life under Oregon law. The worst I heard of was someone being denied horse ownership for five years."