Protesters Greet Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty

July 23, 2020 2:20 am

Christie Dee Harr, 41 of Monessen had felony animal cruelty charges filed against her again. Harr appeared before District Justice Mark Wilson as The Washington County District Attorney filed the charges again because of the death of one of the Humane Officers that investigated the case. About a half dozen animal rights activists gathered outside of Wilson’s office to protest the alleged actions of Harr. A building that is owned by Harr was raided by the District Attorney’s office back in October of 2019 where more than 200 cats and other animals were found to be in deplorable condition. Faith Bjalobok, a fellow with the Oxford Center for Animal Ethics and the Fluffy Jean Fund stated that the demonstrators merely wanted the DA Office to do their job and get the charges against Harr to court. The demonstrators had their wishes granted as felony charges of cruelty to animals and misdemeanor counts of neglect of animals were waived to court by Harr. Allen Roth, Harr’s attorney had no comment.