Trial date set for woman charged in llama cruelty case in Ferndale

ANNA WALTERS - THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

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A woman accused of animal cruelty in the care of llamas is scheduled to go to trial Jan. 12.

The trial date for Lanette E. Smith was set during a hearing Monday, Nov. 24, in Whatcom County Superior Court.

Smith faces eight felony counts of animal cruelty. She was arrested after Whatcom County Sheriff's deputies and animal control specialists confiscated 41 llamas from her Ferndale field in March 2007.

Seven of the seized llamas had to be euthanized, one died shortly afterwards and at least 30 of the animals were suffering from starvation, according to documents filed in Superior Court.