A warrant has been issued for a Maple Ridge woman who is banned from owning animals for life because she failed to pay a court-ordered fine.
A provincial court judge issued a warrant for Elissa Anne Uberall earlier this month after she missed a deadline to pay the fine in full.
Uberall was charged with failing to comply with a court order in Dec. 2011 and ordered to pay $2,600 restitution to the B.C. SPCA.
“She was given a year to pay in 2011 and she failed to do this,” said senior animal protection officer Eileen Drever.
Uberall received the lifetime ban on owning animals in 2011 after a judge found her guilty of starving three horses on her Mission farm.
The horses were seized from the Cameron Avenue property by the Maple Ridge branch of the SPCA in May 2009 it received a complaint about their condition from a concerned citizen.
The SPCA said the horses were emaciated simply due to the fact that they were provided with inadequate care and nutrition.
The horses spent two months in the care of the SPCA and were adopted once healthy.
During a subsequent visit to Uberall’s property, SPCA officers found a dog who was so sick he had to be carried off the property on a stretcher.
The dog was eventually euthanized.