Deputies seize yet more animals from The Devoted Barn

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(Detroit Free Press) OCEOLA TWP. — More animals belonging to a troubled rescue operator have been seized, this time from an Oceola Township farm in Livingston County.

The Devoted Barn founder, Melissa Borden, 50, already faces felony animal cruelty and abandonment charges in Livingston and Genesee counties. In Livingston County, deputies seized farm animals from a property in Tyrone Township. In Genesee County, an investigation was launched into dog housing in Grand Blanc.

On Tuesday, April 30, deputies with LCSO executed a search warrant at a farm on Mack Road in Oceola Township, another site where the rescue keeps animals.

"We ended up seizing five animals on the direction of a veterinarian," Lt. Chad Sell told The Daily on Thursday. ................(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/community/oceola-township/2024/05/09/deputies-seize-yet-more-animals-from-the-devoted-barn/73628482007/

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1. You can love animals

But not have the resources to care for them. Sad. You want to help, but bite off more than you can chew. Id love another cat, but cannot afford one. That would be one less homeless special needs cat.