Neglected goats 救助（する）d from Connecticut farm in one of 明言する／公表する's largest animal cruelty seizures to be auctioned off

  • 74 neglected goats were 救助（する）d from the Butterfield Farm Co. in January
  • Animals were discovered in 病気d 明言する／公表するs while many others were dead
  • 救助（する） was one of Connecticut's largest animal cruelty seizures in history
  • 13 goats are now 存在 put up for auction, Department of 農業 says?
  • 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s of animal cruelty are 未解決の against creatures' previous owners

By Sophie Jane Evans For Dailymail.com and Associated 圧力（をかける） Reporter

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They were 一連の会議、交渉／完成するd up in January in one of Connecticut's largest ever animal cruelty seizures.

Now, some of the 74 neglected goats 救助（する）d from a farm in Hartford are 存在 auctioned off.

The Department of 農業 発表するd on Thursday a 調印（する）d-企て，努力，提案 auction for 13 of the animals, which were discovered in unhealthy, 病気d 明言する／公表するs at the Butterfield Farm Company in Cornwall.

The for-sale goats 含む three adults and 10 kids 老年の between seven and nine months old.

Auction: The Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday a sealed-bid auction for 13 neglected goats, which were among 74 rescued in unhealthy, diseased states from the Butterfield Farm Company in Hartford, Connecticut, in January. Above, some of the saved goats are pictured at a rehabilitation facility in April

Auction: The Department of 農業 発表するd on Thursday a 調印（する）d-企て，努力，提案 auction for 13 neglected goats, which were の中で 74 救助（する）d in unhealthy, 病気d 明言する／公表するs from the Butterfield Farm Company in Hartford, Connecticut, in January. Above, some of the saved goats are pictured at a rehabilitation 施設 in April

For sale: This mixed-breed female goat is one of the animals up for auction by the Department of Agriculture

For sale: This mixed-産む／飼育する 女性（の） goat is one of the animals up for auction by the Department of 農業

The 告示, made by 農業 Commissioner Steven Reviczky, comes several months after 国会議員s questioned the cost of caring for the herd, which 結局 grew to 96.

'It is our hope that these healthy animals will be returned to a 生産力のある 環境,' Reviczky told the Associated 圧力（をかける）, 追加するing that all 13 goats are suitable to return to 農業の 生産／産物.

完全にするd 企て，努力，提案 questionnaires for the animals will be 受託するd until August 10.

The Butterfield Farm Company 攻撃する，衝突する the headlines in January after the 初期の 74 goats were 一連の会議、交渉／完成するd up by 公式の／役人s and taken to the Department of 農業's large-animal rehabilitation 施設 in Niantic.

The goats were cared for and fed by 刑務所，拘置所 inmates?as part of a special program 始める，決める up in 2003.

実験（する）s, however, 明らかにする／漏らすd the 大多数 of adults, 含むing some 妊娠している 女性（の）s, were 病気d.

Kid: The goats up for auction include three adults and 10 kids aged seven-to-nine months, such as this young male goat (above). It comes just months after lawmakers questioned the cost of caring for the growing herd

Kid: The goats up for auction 含む three adults and 10 kids 老年の seven-to-nine months, such as this young male goat (above). It comes just months after 国会議員s questioned the cost of caring for the growing herd

Farm: The Butterfield Farm Company (pictured last winter) hit the headlines in January after the 74 goats were rounded up and taken to a rehabilitation facility in Niantic. The number of goats later rose to 96

Farm: The Butterfield Farm Company (pictured last winter) 攻撃する，衝突する the headlines in January after the 74 goats were 一連の会議、交渉／完成するd up and taken to a rehabilitation 施設 in Niantic. The number of goats later rose to 96

At a 法律を制定する 審理，公聴会 in April, Reviczky said his 機関 had 越えるd its 予算, with much of the cost over-run stemming from the care of 救助（する）d animals, 含むing the goats.?

That 誘発するd some 立法議員s to question why the animals weren't 存在 euthanized.

最終的に, the 機関 （機の）カム up with a dispersal 計画（する）.?Some of the 病気d goats were placed with animal 救助（する） organizations, while others were sold at a livestock auction for a total of $5,750.

The 明言する／公表する 概算の last month it had so far spent about $42,000 to care for the goats.

Twenty-three goats born at the Niantic 施設 since the seizure will 結局 be 申し込む／申し出d to 農業の schools and organizations like 未来 農業者s of America and 4-H for 青年 事業／計画（する）s.

Multiple charges of animal cruelty are still pending against the two former owners of the goats, Tara Bryson (pictured) and Michael Hearl, both of West Suffield
Hearl (pictured) and Bryson are currently free on bond

Cruelty 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s: 多重の 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s of animal cruelty are still 未解決の against the two former owners of the goats, Tara Bryson (left) and Michael Hearl (権利), both of West Suffield. They are both 現在／一般に 解放する／自由な on 社債

Any of the young goats not placed with an 教育の group will be 実験（する）d for 病気 when they reach the 権利 age. Those みなすd to be 病気-解放する／自由な will be 申し込む／申し出d up for sale in a second auction.

多重の 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s of animal cruelty are still 未解決の against the two former owners of the goats,?Tara Bryson and Michael Hearl, both of West Suffield. They are both 現在／一般に 解放する／自由な on 社債.

Over the winter, the carcasses of more than 70 dead goats were 設立する at the 所有物／資産／財産, the 共和国の／共和党の American?報告（する）／憶測d. One was 明らかに 暴露するd stuffed under a lawn tractor.?

企て，努力，提案 questionnaires for the 13 goats can be sent 経由で email to steve.jensen@ct.gov.?

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