R v Yurkiw (ongoing 2021 NSPC) Pleads Not Guilty to Animal Abuse Charges

Anna Yurkiw was arrested last May for causing four cats to be in distress following abandonment. Following an investigation from the Nova Scotia SPCA in conjunction with the Halifax Regional Police, Yurkiw was charged under the provincial Animal Protection Act with two counts of permitting an animal to be in distress by abandonment and one count of causing an animal to be in distress. Read more here.