Ohio police said they criminally charged the president of an animal rescue organization after discovering 12 deceased dogs at her home — bringing the total of dead dogs in her possession to 158.
Parma police Lt. Daniel Ciryak said they conducted a welfare check at Barbra Wible’s Parma home on June 2 and found 12 dead dogs. Twenty-four dogs were found alive but two of them had to be euthanized.
Wible collapsed at her Parma home that day, as CrimeOnline previously reported.
After Wible’s medical emergency, on June 16 authorities found 146 dead dogs at her second residence in Mantua. Last summer, Portage County police reportedly removed dozens of dogs from the Mantua residence in the summer of 2022.
The 146 dogs at Wible’s second home were said to be in varying stages of decomposition. Every dog discovered at that residence was deceased, according to reports.
Neighbors said they’d seen no one at the Mantua home since October 2022.
In Cuyahoga County, where Parma is located, Wible is charged with animal cruelty.
Wible is the president of Canine Lifeline. WOIO reported that she remains hospitalized.
Necropsies will be performed to ascertain the dogs’ cause of death. Canine Lifeline said the surviving dogs recovered from Wible’s Parma home are in an animal shelter.
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