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Published March 09, 2009 08:27 pm - NEOSHO, Mo. — A rural Seneca woman who is accused of neglecting scores of animals in her kennel forfeited custody of those animals Monday morning. Circuit Judge Tim Perigo awarded full custody of 208 dogs and one cat to the Humane Society of Missouri after their former owner, Margaret J. “Jewel” Bond, 66, was unable to post a bond for their care. Woman loses custody of seized animals By Derek Spellman dspellman@joplinglobe.com NEOSHO, Mo. — A rural Seneca woman who is accused of neglecting scores of animals in her kennel forfeited custody of those animals Monday morning. Circuit Judge Tim Perigo awarded full custody of 208 dogs and one cat to the Humane Society of Missouri after their former owner, Margaret J. “Jewel” Bond, 66, was unable to post a bond for their care. Bond also lost custody of her pet tiger, Sheena, to the National Tiger Sanctuary in Bloomsdale. Authorities removed all of the animals from J.B.’s Precious Puppies, also known as Bond’s Kennel, on Feb. 19 on suspicion that the animals were suffering from a lack of water, unsanitary conditions and poor health care. Bond faces two charges of animal abuse, a Class A misdemeanor, in connection with the alleged neglect of the animals. ‘No money’ To have been eligible to recover her animals, Bond would have needed to post a bond of about $76,810 to provide for their care at the Humane Society of Missouri for a 30-day period. “Sir, I have no money,” Bond told Perigo when she was asked if she was able to post any bond. With Perigo’s decision, the Humane Society of Missouri will be allowed to adopt out the animals that have been in its care since the raid by the Newton County Sheriff’s Department. The tiger will remain in the care of National Tiger Sanctuary. “I loved them puppies and dogs; they were my children,” Bond told the court Monday. She said the Sheriff’s Department and the Humane Society “have just about destroyed my life.” Steven Schwartz, director of veterinary services for the state Humane Society, testified that the animals seized by authorities were “severely neglected” and suffered from “a multitude of problems.” He said the animals’ unsanitary surroundings had led to infections in their skin, eyes and ears. Schwartz said one of the dogs, a Siberian husky, had to be euthanized because medication could not alleviate its unrelenting pain. One of the husky’s hips was dislocated, and the other was partially dislocated, Schwartz said. The husky also suffered arthritis in its hips, he said. 
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