Sentencing date set for woman guilty in Battle River RM animal neglect case

Apr 30, 2026 | 4:36 PM

Ellen Haudeck has been found guilty in North Battleford provincial court following a trial into animal abuse and neglect allegations, with sentencing set for June 10.

The case stems from an investigation that began in November 2023 and continued into January 2024 at a rural property in the RM of Battle River, where concerns were raised about the care of dozens of horses and dogs.

During the trial, which began in March 2025, court heard testimony from animal protection officers and a veterinarian describing animals in varying states of distress, including issues related to inadequate food, water and shelter.

Evidence also outlined deteriorating conditions during follow-up visits, with several animals later euthanized as part of the investigation.

One of the striking pieces of testimony detailed a January visit during a cold snap, when officers found a horse frozen to the ground and initially believed it to be dead.

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“It wasn’t until we noticed that there was an eye blinking on the horse that we determined that it was indeed still alive,” said Kimberley Doig, an animal protection officer who was the first expert witness to take the stand at North Battleford Provincial Court on Mar. 26, 2025.

“Around the horse’s muzzle on the ground, there was a pool of blood, so the horse was unable to move any part of its body other than the blinking of its eye,” she told the court.

Haudeck’s Criminal Code charges included committing an offence that “kills, maims, wounds, poisons or injures dogs, birds or animals that are kept for a lawful purpose,” and “being the owner or the person having the custody or control of a domestic animal or a bird or an animal or a bird wild by nature that is in captivity, abandons it in distress or wilfully neglects or fails to provide suitable and adequate food, water, shelter and care for it.”

The punishments may be prison time of up to five years and a monetary fine.

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Sentencing date set for woman guilty in Battle River RM animal neglect case

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