{"id":201,"date":"2012-07-20T22:38:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T22:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2012-07-20T23:00:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T23:00:56","slug":"probation-for-animal-transport-cruelty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-welfare\/probation-for-animal-transport-cruelty\/","title":{"rendered":"Probation for Animal Transport Cruelty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 10px;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_204\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-204   \" title=\"U-Haul Dogs\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/U-HaulDogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Just a few of the 141 dogs found crammed in the back of Sheehan&#8217;s U-Haul<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bonnie Sheehan of the\u00a0<a title=\"Hearts For Hounds\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Hearts-For-Hounds\/10150102121395193\">Hearts for Hounds<\/a>\u00a0rescue pleaded guilty to 14 misdemeanor charges tied to her <a title=\"More than 100 animals found in U-Haul truck\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wlbt.com\/story\/16536684\/more-than-100-animals-found-in-u-haul-truck\">January arrest<\/a>, where more than 100 dogs were found crammed inside a U-Haul truck moving from California to Virginia. She\u00a0received two years probation, a fine, and will not be allowed custody of any animals while on probation. Sheehan took responsibility for the abuse and decision to move the animals; all charges against co-defendant Pamela King-McCracken, a longtime Hearts for Hounds volunteer, were dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction among animal lovers has been sharply divided. While the cramped, filthy trek itself is viewed with universal horror and disgust, opinions on Sheehan herself range from &#8220;It is tragic that such a well-meaning woman would make this horrible decision.&#8221; to &#8220;Put her before the Hague.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of where you fall on that spectrum, it is something we can all agree is a tragedy &#8212; something that we never want to see happen again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonnie Sheehan of the\u00a0Hearts for Hounds\u00a0rescue pleaded guilty to 14 misdemeanor charges tied to a cross-country trip in which she crammed over 100 animals into the back of a U-Haul truck.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}