4-H Queen suspended over animal cruelty charges
May. 30, 2007 03:16 PM
IMLAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A Four-H Club queen in Michigan has been suspended and could lose her crown if she is found guilty of animal cruelty charges.
Kate Mills has been charged with a felony count of torturing and killing animals at her family's farm. Her father, mother and brother have also been charged.
The family was arrested in March after animal control officers removed seven dead lambs, a dead horse and three undernourished dogs from the farm.
A local 4-H official says Mills was suspended earlier this month based on a clause in the organization's standard of conduct that prohibits cruelty to animals.
Her title is on hold pending resolution of the charges.
Source: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articl ... 4H-ON.html