B.C. resident charged with animal cruelty

Crown counsel has approved charges of animal cruelty against a resident of Pouce Coupe, a small town in northeastern B.C.
The B.C. SPCA says Alexis Walker was charged after an emaciated Rottweiler, Kira, was taken into care in June 2016.
“She was in very poor condition when she came into our care,” said Debbie Goodine, a B.C. SPCA senior animal protection officer, in a statement Tuesday.
“Her body conditioning score was only one out of nine, meaning that she was extremely