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Opelousas Woman Arrested Following Earlier Puppy Mill Raid

60-year-old Anita Belaire of Opelousas has now been arrested after a raid of her home earlier this year she was allegedly breeding animals to sell online. St. Landry Parish Animal Control and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff s Office - working together after receiving a tip that Belaire was in violation of the parish s cruelty ordinance - say Belaire was keeping over 175 small breed dogs in kennels throughout the home, which is located between Opelousas and Grand Coteau. mugshot from St. Landry Parish Sheriff s Office “We take cruelty to animals very seriously is St. Landry Parish,” said Jessie Bellard, Parish President in a press release. “Pets are an extension of our families and the safety and care for animals in our community has been a top priority for me since I first began working with the parish in 2004.”

UPDATE: Owner of alleged puppy mill arrested

Posted at 11:17 AM, Jun 03, 2021 and last updated 2021-06-03 16:46:00-04 OPELOUSAS, La. — An Opelousas woman has been booked with 174 counts of animal cruelty in connection with a puppy mill investigation earlier this year. Anita Kathy Belaire, 60, was booked by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff s Office. Over the past several months, authorities have removed more than 100 dogs from her home. Back in March, St. Landry Parish Animal Control said the owner of the animals surrendered the majority of the animals from the recent raid under some conditions. “She gave up 130+ breeding dogs, moms, and little males,” said director Terri Courvelle. “She only surrendered those.”

UPDATE: Parish president comments on arrest of former employee

and last updated 2021-03-15 13:17:46-04 Parish President Jessie Bellard issued a statement today on Friday s arrest of the St. Landry Parish Animal Control Center s former director. Stacey Alleman McKnight, who was the director from February 3, 2015, to March 8, 2020, was booked with three counts of theft of livestock by the Louisiana Livestock Brand Commission, and eight counts of theft, one count of injuring public records, and one count of malfeasance in office by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff s Office after an investigation began looking into missing horses at the Animal Control Center. After taking office in August 2020 to fill the parish president s position, I asked the sheriff s department to start looking into the missing livestock at the parish s animal control center, said Jessie Bellard. Theft and malfeasances cannot be overlooked or ignored in government. St. Landry Parish Government will not tolerate this type of behavior.

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