Autumnbriar Revisited

Back in March, I reported on Lauren Wolfe, aka Autumnbriar, aka Laura Antretter, describing her as "a person that has routinely popped up on the working terrier boards" and someone whom I considered insane, and a threat to dogs in general, and terriers in particular.

Now comes word that Ms. Antretter (aka Wolfe) has been charged with 98 counts of animal cruelty and dog law violations.

Here are the conditions dog wardens and humane officers found when they executed a search warrant at Autumn Briar Kennel on Feb. 12, according to court documents:

"Fecal matter and urine covered the floors on every level of the residence. Six dead dogs were found in the basement area along with a dead cat. The dogs were all in their crates, and the floor of the basement was completely covered in excreta.

"Surviving animals at the residence/kennel did not have food and water. The coats of the animals were covered with fecal matter and wet with urine and the dogs were so emaciated, the affidavit further states, that the skeletal structure was 'easily observed, to include the ribs and hips.'

"There was a pigpen in the garage containing approximately two feet of dried fecal matter and a dead pig. The pig’s internal organs were missing or pulled apart.

"Twenty-seven living dogs were removed from the property on Feb. 12. The next day a second search warrant was executed at the property and more dead animals were removed, including eight dead Jack Russell Terriers, one dead goat, five dead Lurcher puppies, a dead adult Lurcher female dog and six dead hamsters."

Sadly, this kind of thing is all too common in the world of dogs -- hoarders, psychopaths, dog fighters, get-rich-quick con artists, and people with serious financial, emotional and mental problems.

I wish Lauren Wolfe (aka Antretter) mental health, true peace, and economic prosperity.

But I also pray that the court will step up and bar her from ever owning any kind of animal ever again. After all, this is not the first time she has been down this road; animal cruelty charges were also filed against her 12 years ago, and still the Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture gave her a kennel license to house nearly 100 dogs.

Too much enforcement by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture? No, I don't think so! Not this time. Enough is enough.
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