Lothian resident Enoch Charles Harvey, 70, has been charged with 44 counts of animal cruelty, each of which carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. According to The Baltimore Banner, authorities found a dead beagle puppy and guinea fowl chick and an emaciated horse among dozens of neglected animals on a farm in South Anne Arundel County.
“The charges come nearly a year after Anne Arundel County authorities searched the farm where he lives on West Bay Front Road as part of an investigation that began when an anonymous caller reported animal neglect there.
Investigators described the disturbing conditions in which animals were kept in charging documents for Harvey.
Six beagles and four puppies were spread across two excrement-soaked shelters that resembled ‘rabbit hutches.’ Two horses and four cows walked a pasture in which a broken-down vehicle sat surrounded by shattered glass and metal shards. Three cages, each with ‘a thick layer of feces,’ housed 12 guinea fowl, 12 chicks and eight chickens.
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There was no food source in the pasture other than the grass, according to charging documents. A 13-year-old gray horse named Pacco was ‘severely underweight,’ its ribs, hip bones and withers clearly visible.
Authorities didn’t specify the condition of the other animals in the field.
Officers found food and water bowls in the birdcages, but they were ‘covered in feces’ or had ‘dirty water with various contaminants floating.’
Authorities confiscated the dead puppy and chick, along with nine dogs, one horse and all the birds.”
