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By battlefordsNOW Staff

NB court

Case for man facing charges after cattle seized moving to trial

Dec 19, 2022 | 3:48 PM

A man facing charges for failing to provide adequate care, after a large number of cattle were seized by Animal Protection Services of Saskatchewan (APSS), will be heading for a trial later in the New Year.

Following an investigation in April 2022, Morris Tokaryk was charged under the Criminal Code. He’s accused of causing unnecessary pain, suffering, or injury to animals and failing to provide adequate water, food, and care for animals, on a property near North Battleford.

He has also been charged under the Animal Protection Act for allowing animals to be in distress, as well as for failing to comply with a corrective action order.

At North Battleford Provincial Court Monday, the court heard Tokaryk’s defence lawyer, Tim Nolin, who appeared by phone, entered a not guilty plea to the charges on behalf of his client.

Senior Crown Prosecutor Jennifer Schmidt, who also appeared by phone, said at least four days would be needed for the trial in the case.

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Judge Michelle Baldwin scheduled the trial to run from Oct. 16 to 19, 2023, starting at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom #2 at North Battleford Provincial Court.

It was previously reported, with the assistance of Blaine Lake RCMP, Animal Protection Services executed a search warrant from April 6 to 8, 2022, at a property near Whitkow, Sask. As a result of the investigation, 308 cattle were seized.

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