Woman left animals to starve while on vacation.

[Catherine]

This is one of the most heartless things I have heard. The woman flew off to Hawaii and left a cow and a horse behind with no one to care for them.
The cow was already down so she put out some food and water and left for her vacation.
The cow died and the horse was in very bad shape.

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

Of course the animals were already badly neglected when she left them. I am not sure they would have been much better off with her around.
I am glad to hear she has been convicted of animal cruelty in this case. She didn't even ask anyone to check on the animals.
If she had the money for a trip to Hawaii she could have paid a vet to check on the cow and fed the two animals properly.
Her actions were totally selfish. It is too bad the fines were so small.