A Washington Township stable owner agreed to take part in Westmoreland County’s Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program to avoid animal cruelty charges filed a little less than a year ago. Sandra A. Hobbs, 67, owner of Victory Stables on Camp Nancy Road, initially was charged with animal cruelty and neglect, the
A Washington Township stable owner has been charged with animal cruelty and neglect, after animal control officers said she was filmed using a riding crop and two dogs to abuse a horse during a purported training session. A Humane Society officer began investigating Sandra Hobbs, owner of Victory Stables on
Things are about to get exotic in Washington Township.
Township supervisors on Thursday approved a request by Victory Stables on Camp Nancy Road to house two exotic animals.
Victory Stables manager Jessica Corbin, 31, said she plans to acquire a zebra and a camel within the next few months and raise them at what she describes as a 55-acre Christian recreational horse farm.
Supervisor Joe Olszewski said the exotic animal request was a first for the township.
“We don’t really regulate any type of animals in the township so this was new to us. We’re looking forward to see how it turns out,” Olszewski said.