LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A woman in southern Alberta who made headlines after she was charged with causing distress to more than 200 dogs in her care has been prohibited from owning dogs for the rest of her life.
April Dawn Irving had the dogs seized from her Milk River property in December 2014 and January 2015.
Judge Derek Redman issued the ban Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court and fined the 59-year-old woman more than $15,000.
Irving had earlier pleaded guilty to four offences under Alberta's Animal Protection Act.
She doesn't have to pay the fines because she spent the equivalent of 192 days in pre-trial custody and the dog-owning ban only applies to Alberta.
Crown prosecutor Tyler Raymond says it was one of the most comprehensive animal distress cases in Canada's history.