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Camas Prairie man accused of abandoning 17 horses

By The Associated Press

Story Created: Jun 10, 2009 at 4:15 AM MST

Story Updated: Jun 10, 2009 at 4:15 AM MST

MISSOULA - A Camas Prairie man accused of abandoning 17 horses without food or water has been arrested in Missoula.

Authorities say 80-year-old Andrew L. Scott had apparently been working in Hawaii for the past several months. He was arrested Monday and will be returned to Sanders County to face one felony count of aggravated animal cruelty and eight misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty.

A Sanders County Sheriff's deputy discovered the horses on a tract of property in the rural western Montana town of Camas Prairie in July. Two horses were dead, and a third died within an hour of the deputy's arrival. A fourth was in such bad shape it had to be put down.

The sheriff's department has spent about $20,000 sheltering, feeding and finding adoptive homes for the 13 surviving horses.

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