127 animals rescued this week from Sutter County couple accused of animal abuse

INVESTIGATION. KCRA3 NEWS AT 10 ON MY 58 ACCUSED ANIMAL ABUSERS IN SUTTER COUNTY ARRESTED AGAIN, ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER THEY BAILED OUT OF JAIL AS DOZENS MORE ANIMALSRE A RESCUED. THOSE ANIMALS WERE FOUND LIVING IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS. HEY SIRI’S OCLRAE. MANA HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY ALL WEEK LONG. HE JOINS US AGAIN FROM SUTTER ANIMAL. IS A YUBA CITY WITH THE LATEST ON THIS COUPLE ORACLE? WELL, GO GHOST IN SUTTER ANIMAL SERVESIC AND THE SUTTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAVE RESCUED 127 ANIMALS FROM THE SAME PROPERTY IN PLEASANT GROVE THIS WEEK THE TWO PEOPLE ACCUSED OF ABUSING THOSE ANIMALS WERE REARSTED ON TUESDAY, BUT HAVE BAILED OUT THEIR BACK IN JAIL TONIGHT AS THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM CONTINUES TO MOUNT. THEY’RE NOT JUST STARVING THEM. THEY’RE SADISTICHE TSE IMAGES OF HORSES BARELY SKIN AND BONES AND COVERED IN FILTH AREAR HD FOR DIANE CALDWELL TO UNSEE. SHE SAYS THEY’RE JUST SOME OF THE ANIMALS ABUSED ON THIS PLEASANT GROVE PROPERTY BY LYNETTE COUNTRYMAN, DONOVAN AND CHAD DONOVAN THE COUPLE ARRESTED AGAIN, THURSDAY EACH FACING AN ADDITIONAL 47 COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND SEVEN COUNTS OF DESTROYING EVIDENCE. THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED TUESDAY ON ANIMAL. CHARGES BUT FAILED OUT. SHE’S A SERIAL IMALAN KILLER COLDWELL TELLS ME SHE’S BEEN TRYING TO PUT COUNTRYMEN DONOVAN BEHIND BARS SINCE 2014, BUT IT’S BEEN HARD SINCE SHE’S MEDOV AROUND NOW CALDWELL FINALLY FEELS RELIEVED. I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM. THEY WERE GONNA DIE. THERE WAS SEVERAL HORSES ATTH WERE ON DEATH’S DOOR, AND IT’S NOT JUST HORSES 63 ANIMALS INCLUDING DOGS AND CATS WERE SEIZED TUESDAY FROM UNSANITYAR CONDITIONS AT THE DONOVAN PROPERTY AND SOUTHERN AMALNI SERVICES AUTHORITY TELLS KCRA3 64 MORE ANIMALS WERE RESCUE THURSDAY THAT INCLUDES 18 HORSES SEVEN ALPACAS 5 PEACOCKS AND ONE CAMO JUST TO NAME A FEW OUR WEEK SO MUCH BETTER. YOU HAVE NO IDEA OTHERS WHO’VE JOINED THE EFFORT TO SAVE THE ANIMALS ALSO HAPPY TO KNOW COUNTRYMEN DONOVAN NO LONGER OWNS THEM. SHE SHOULD NEVER HAVE ANOERTH ANIMAL AGAIN. SHE IS NOT SHE DOESN’T DESERVE IT. SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO TREAT THEM. SO TO ANIMAL SERVICES TELLING ME THIS IS LEAD THEIR LARGEST ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE IN THE LAST TWO DECADES FOR SOME OF THE ANIMS.AL IT WILL BE A RECOVERY PROCESS STAFF MEMBERS ARE NOW GIVING FOOD AND MEDICAL ATTENTION TO ALL 127 ANIMALS RESCUED WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO START ADOPTING THOSE ANIMALS OUT AT SOME POINT CERTAINLY SOONER THAN LATER, BUT FIRST THEY’RE WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO COMPILE EVIDENCE IN THE ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIG. KIHETCN THE NEXT STEP. WE DO PROVIDE IT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. IT’S ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS AND I REALLY HOPE THE DA’S OFFICE DOES SOMETHING CALDWELL HAS ONE MAIN WISH FOR THE ANIMALS ALL I WANT FOR THEM IS TO GO TO HOME. SO THERE BE LOD.VE BAIL IS SET AT 75,000 FOR COUNTRYMEN DONOVANND A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR DONOVAN REPORTING L

The Dunivans were arrested twice this week on animal abuse, destroying/concealing evidence, Sutter County Sheriff’s Office says

The two arrested on dozens of counts of animal abuse charges earlier this week in Sutter County bonded out of jail only to be arrested again on animal abuse charges.According to court records, Lynette Countryman-Dunivan and Chad Dunivan were booked a second time into jail on Thursday. They each face 47 additional counts of animal cruelty and seven counts of destroying/concealing evidence. Bail is set at $75,000 for Countryman-Dunivan and $50,000 for Dunivan.The Sutter County Sheriff’s Office first arrested Countryman-Dunivan and Dunivan on Tuesday on numerous felony charges, including animal abuse. Sixty-three animals, including horses, dogs, cats and exotic birds were seized from the Dunivan property on Sankey Road in Pleasant Grove.They posted their $1,500 bail and were released on Wednesday.The next day, the Sutter Animal Services Authority told KCRA 3 that 64 more animals were rescued from the same property that the first 63 were rescued from. That included 18 horses, seven alpacas, seven dogs, five peacocks, eight geese, three cattle, two pigs, a camel, an ostrich, two goats, four sheep, five exotic birds and a rooster.Brad McIntire, executive director of the Sutter Animal Services Authority, said this is likely the agency’s largest animal cruelty case in the last 20 years. McIntire said among the 127 animals total taken from the Dunivan property, several were malnourished and found living in unsanitary conditions.”For some of the animals, it will be a recovery process,” McIntire said.Staff members are now rehabbing the animals, giving them food, water and medical attention.”We anticipate, hopefully, that we will be able to start adopting those animals out at some point, certainly sooner than later,” McIntire said.But first, animal services is working with the sheriff’s office in providing evidence in the criminal case against the Dunivans. McIntire said the next step is to provide said evidence to the Sutter County District Attorney’s Office. Diane Caldwell, of Rio Linda, said she has been trying to put Countryman-Dunivan behind bars since 2014 when she said she first encountered a malnourished horse in Countryman-Dunivan’s care. Caldwell said it has been hard to do so since Countryman-Dunivan has moved around to different counties. Now, Caldwell said she is finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.“She’s a serial animal killer,” Caldwell said. “I can’t tell you how grateful I am. They were going to die. There were several horses that were on death’s door.”Caldwell’s goal now is for those animals to go to homes where they’ll be loved. Robin and Ethan Gates, a mother and son duo who are friends with Caldwell, also joined the effort to save the animals. They said they are praying for swift justice in this case.”It’s absolutely horrendous, and I really hope the DA’s office does something,” Ethan said.

PLEASANT GROVE, Calif. —

The two arrested on dozens of counts of animal abuse charges earlier this week in Sutter County bonded out of jail only to be arrested again on animal abuse charges.

According to court records, Lynette Countryman-Dunivan and Chad Dunivan were booked a second time into jail on Thursday. They each face 47 additional counts of animal cruelty and seven counts of destroying/concealing evidence.

Bail is set at $75,000 for Countryman-Dunivan and $50,000 for Dunivan.

The Sutter County Sheriff’s Office first arrested Countryman-Dunivan and Dunivan on Tuesday on numerous felony charges, including animal abuse. Sixty-three animals, including horses, dogs, cats and exotic birds were seized from the Dunivan property on Sankey Road in Pleasant Grove.

They posted their $1,500 bail and were released on Wednesday.

The next day, the Sutter Animal Services Authority told KCRA 3 that 64 more animals were rescued from the same property that the first 63 were rescued from. That included 18 horses, seven alpacas, seven dogs, five peacocks, eight geese, three cattle, two pigs, a camel, an ostrich, two goats, four sheep, five exotic birds and a rooster.

Brad McIntire, executive director of the Sutter Animal Services Authority, said this is likely the agency’s largest animal cruelty case in the last 20 years. McIntire said among the 127 animals total taken from the Dunivan property, several were malnourished and found living in unsanitary conditions.

“For some of the animals, it will be a recovery process,” McIntire said.

Staff members are now rehabbing the animals, giving them food, water and medical attention.

“We anticipate, hopefully, that we will be able to start adopting those animals out at some point, certainly sooner than later,” McIntire said.

But first, animal services is working with the sheriff’s office in providing evidence in the criminal case against the Dunivans. McIntire said the next step is to provide said evidence to the Sutter County District Attorney’s Office.

Diane Caldwell, of Rio Linda, said she has been trying to put Countryman-Dunivan behind bars since 2014 when she said she first encountered a malnourished horse in Countryman-Dunivan’s care. Caldwell said it has been hard to do so since Countryman-Dunivan has moved around to different counties. Now, Caldwell said she is finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

“She’s a serial animal killer,” Caldwell said. “I can’t tell you how grateful I am. They were going to die. There were several horses that were on death’s door.”

Caldwell’s goal now is for those animals to go to homes where they’ll be loved.

Robin and Ethan Gates, a mother and son duo who are friends with Caldwell, also joined the effort to save the animals. They said they are praying for swift justice in this case.

“It’s absolutely horrendous, and I really hope the DA’s office does something,” Ethan said.

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