7-26-13 fdl woman faces animal neglect charges

A Fond du lac woman has been charged after ten puppies were revmoved fromher home earlier this month.  Thirty two year old Stacy Checolinski faces ten counts each of neglecting to provide proper drink to confined animals and failure to provide proper indoor animal shelter ventilation.  The puppies were found in a tarp covered crate in the backyard of an 8^th Street home earlier this month when there was hot and humid weather.  Fond du lac Animal Shelter manager Renee Webb says the puppies are lucky to be alive.  Webb says the puppies would have probably died in another half hour if they hadn’t been rescued.  Checolinski is scheduled to make her initial Fond du lac court appearance July 30^th.   Meanwhile  Webb says the puppies are continuing to recover at the animal shelter.