ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A veterinarian who worked at the Webster Groves Animal Hospital in Maryville, Mo., has been arrested on charges of animal cruelty.
The charges alleging that Georgia Wilson let three of her dogs starve to death and her horses’ water stagnate has shocked her fellow employees, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday.
“Her care and concern for her patients here met with our high standards,” said Webster Groves Animal Hospital administrator Angel Venegoni.
Wilson faces seven felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, which each carrying a 3-year maximum jail sentence, and three misdemeanor counts of violating an owner's duties.
Her husband, Steven, released a statement claiming that the couple had left their 17-year-old daughter to look after the animals while they vacationed in Colorado, but police alleged that the dogs lived in deplorable conditions before the Wilsons left.
