Woman who allegedly abandoned Rosita the guinea pig may face charges
A woman who allegedly abandoned a guinea pig in Lyon County has been located and charges are pending through the county attorney’s office, according to a Facebook post.
A rural Lyon County resident alerted authorities Wednesday after she found a female guinea pig in her mailbox, according to a post on the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
In an update sent out Thursday morning, the Sheriff’s Office said the woman who allegedly put the guinea pig in the mailbox has been found and will likely face misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.
The woman who found the pet lives just west of Emporia. After being found, a Sheriff’s Office representative said, the guinea pig went for a veterinarian check-up and was placed in an animal shelter in Emporia, where it was given the name Rosita.
No arrest was made, according to the sheriff’s office. The woman who left the guinea pig did so because she could no longer care for it, the representative said.
There was no relationship between the woman who left the pet and the resident who found it.
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This story was originally published April 27, 2017 at 12:25 PM with the headline "Woman who allegedly abandoned Rosita the guinea pig may face charges."