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Farm Raided for Second Time in a Month, Animals Seized

8 years ago in Local

Farm Raided for Second Time in a Month, Animals Seized

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SORRENTO, Maine (AP)   State officials say they have seized dozens of animals from a Maine farm in a second raid this month.

Officials say they seized as many as 73 animals from the family farm in Sorrento Thursday. The Bangor Daily News reports the raid occurred in response to an inspection last week.

Veterinarians are evaluating one alpaca sheep, two calves, four piglets, three goats, 10 rabbits and 40 to 50 chickens for malnutrition. Thursday’s raid resulted from conditions similar to those that prompted the seizure of 44 other animals from the farm on Dec. 5. In both cases, the animals were living in mud and their own feces.

Summonses for eight counts of criminal cruelty to animals have been issued. The farm’s owner Marc Calcia said he was trying to comply with state standards.

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