Case against Pets Galore owner adjourned by Toowoomba court
The 42-year-old is facing some 200 charges arising from an RSPCA raid on the Toowoomba pet store.
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THE case against a Toowoomba pet store owner has had some 200 charges adjourned through the city’s Magistrates Court.
Pets Galore owner Nicole Louise Bourne was not required to be in court for the brief mention of her matters but was represented by her solicitor Harrison Humphries of Toowoomba legal firm Clifford Gouldson Lawyers.
Mr Humphries told the court he had received the police brief of evidence but asked for another adjournment to work through the file with his client.
Bourne, 42, has not been required to enter any pleas to the charges which include 52 counts of failing to provide food and water for animals, 58 counts of failing to provide appropriate treatment for injured animals, 48 counts of failing to provide appropriate accommodation or living conditions for animals, 41 counts of failing to take reasonable steps to provide for the animal’s needs for displaying normal patterns of behaviour in a way that is appropriate, and one of failing to comply with an animal welfare direction.
The charges arose from an RSPCA raid of the Toowoomba store on May 20.
RSPCA animal welfare officers seized hundreds of animals from the Pets Galore site in the city including cats, a dog, rodents and birds during the May raid.
However, no specific details of the case have as yet been aired in court.
The 42-year-old has been remanded on bail since her arrest and Magistrate Kay Ryan enlarged her bail and adjourned the case for mention back in the same court on February 8 next year.
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