A notorious northern B.C. animal abuser has been sentenced to seven days in jail and two years of probation for breaching her probation orders.
Catherine Adams had her trial for breaching probation scheduled for May 16 where she represented herself in a judge-only trial and entered a plea of not guilty.
On July 16, 2019, she was found guilty by the judge and appeared in Quesnel court Tuesday (Nov. 26) where she received her official sentence.
Adams and her mother, Karin, were convicted of animal cruelty in 2015 following an SPCA investigation which included a 20-year ban on owning animals.
She received 15 days in jail, a six-month conditional house arrest, and two years' of probation for that offense.
On July 4, 2018, the SPCA once again found 16 dogs in distress on a property in Quesnel.
A German shepherd, a Yorkshire terrier, a retriever, bull terriers, standard poodles, Portuguese water dogs, a Pekingese, corgi-border collie crosses, and miniature pinschers were all in crates too small for their sizes and were also in a poorly ventilated area, with little or no access to water and feces/urine-soaked matting.
The mother-daughter duo were the keepers of the animals.
Included in her most recent sentence, Adams is not allowed to own, have custody or control of an animal. She also can't engage in activities or employment that requires her to care for animals.
