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BUTTE, Mont. — A man charged with abusing more than 100 dogs changed his plea to guilty Thursday in Butte, Mont., to aggravated cruelty to animals.
Phillip Brode was given a 14-month suspended sentence and fined $1,000.
District Judge Kurt Krueger said he will allow Brode to take six of the dogs with him to Colorado, where he will be monitored for the duration of his sentence by the Humane Society and a sheriff’s office.
About 100 dogs were seized after they were found crammed in a broken-down school bus and trailer at the Flying J truck stop in Rocker, Mont., in early October.
The dogs, which are huskies and husky mixes, now number about 200 as puppies continue to be born.
Foster homes have been found for more than 40 of the dogs.
