Ballantine News

A Yellowstone County judge heard testimony Tuesday on whether a Ballantine dog breeder is mentally fit to stand trial for animal cruelty, but it could be several weeks before she makes a decision.

From The K-B-L-G News Center... A HEARING TO DETERMINE A DOG BREEDER'S COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL IS BEING HELD TODAY IN DISTRICT COURT IN BILLINGS.

American Parent: My Strange and Surprising Adventures in Modern Babyland By Sam Apple Ballantine Books, 320 pages, $25.00 The symptoms of new parenthood are almost indistinguishable from those of psychosis: insomnia, depression, paranoia, mood swings.

For the past six months, county employees and volunteers have taken care of hundreds of dogs seized from a Ballantine breeder accused of animal cruelty, but the breeder is back in business now trying to sell new puppies.

LINDA KAPSA WAS IN BILLINGS DISTRICT COURT YESTERDAY, FOR A HEARING ON SEVERAL MOTIONS IN HER FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE.

A Ballantine dog breeder, facing felony animal cruelty charges, was back in Yellowstone County District Court today.

BILLINGS - Yellowstone County commissioners have authorized spending another $80,000 to care for about 200 dogs seized from a Ballantine breeder in a cruelty case.

IN DECEMBER, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND OTHERS RAIDED A DOG-BREEDING OPERATION IN BALLANTINE, AND SEIZED 200 DOGS...11 OF WHICH WERE DEAD.

Yellowstone County officials will continue caring for a Ballantine woman's dogs for at least a few more months after her trial is delayed.

After seizing hundreds of dogs from a Ballantine dog breeder, Yellowstone County authorities knew they had a huge task of taking care of the animals, not to mention the puppies that were yet to be born.

For three months the Montana Women's Prison has been involved with Operation New Beginnings.

An attorney for Yellowstone County has filed a motion to drop a petition seeking money from a Ballantine breeder to pay for the care of hundreds of dogs that were seized from her kennel.

Calving season is the peak season for ranchers. Not only is it a time for rebirth, but it's also a time for families to bond.

A group that's caring for hundreds of dogs seized from a Ballantine breeder has received a big donation from some very young kids.

Ballantine dog breeder, Linda Kapsa, and her attorneys visited Metra Park and Moore Lane Veterinary Clinic over the weekend to see the dogs seized from her property in late December.

Of feathered aliens, fading billions and truancy by Roger Clawson Aliens landed in Huntley last week.

PETA...PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS...HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE YELLOWSTONE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ASKING THAT LINDA KAPSA BE PROSECUTED VIGOROUSLY.

This morning, PETA sent an urgent plea to Deputy Yellowstone County Attorney Ingrid Rosenquist urging her to vigorously prosecute Linda Kapsa, owner of Shady Lane Kennels in Ballentine.

The Charlemagne Pursuit By Steve Berry Ballantine Books $26.00 hardcover When he was a child Cotton Malone was told his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic.

Numbers in the Shady Lane dog kennel case are on the rise and its not just the cost of housing and feeding the animals that's increasing.