Milan woman convicted of animal cruelty in embedded collar case

Posted: Sun, Jan 10, 2010 : 9:56 p.m.

A Milan woman pleaded no contest to an animal cruelty charge in a case involving a puppy with a collar embedded in its neck.

Court records show Heather Feist, 35, entered the plea during her first pre-trial hearing in district court. She remains free until sentencing March 9, but was ordered not to have or own any animals.

Feist was charged after an 11-month-old puppy was found tied to the landing of her residence with a collar that was too tight and was embedded into an infected neck wound, police reports said.

Animal cruelty investigators seized the Labrador mix named Lou from her in October and were preparing him for adoption at the DHK Animal Rescue in Milan.