Sheriff's Department charges animal rights activist with animal abuse (Mugshot)

A animal rights activist in Colorado was arrested for the very thing that she was attempting to expose - animal abuse; the woman did not physically abuse any animal but video taped abuse at a cattle company where she was employed.

The arrest comes after the woman took the video to the sheriff's office, problem is that there is a state law in place that basically says that any abuse must be reported immediately. The woman waited 2 months.

According to thepress release from the County Sheriff's Office, Taylor Radig was associated with an animal rights organization identified as Compassion Over Killing and referred to herself as a “contractor” for said organization.

Radig filmed the alleged animal abuses at Quanah Cattle Company where she worked as a temporary employee from mid July through September of 2013. During her employment at Quanah, Radig compiled many hours of animal abuse footage that was collected on an “as needed basis” The video footage was eventually provided to law enforcement by representatives of Compassion Over Killing approximately 2 months after Radig’s employment ended with Quanah Cattle Company.

Colorado Revised Statutes 18-9-201 and 18-9-202 outline the definitions and descriptions of the
crime of Animal Cruelty. Radig’s failure to report the alleged abuse of the animals in a timely
manner adheres to the definition of acting with negligence and substantiates the charge Animal
Cruelty.

Radig was cited for Animal Cruelty (class 1 misdemeanor) due to her believed participation in the cattle abuse incidents reported to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office.