W. Pa. cat neglect suspect scheduled for sentencing

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A western Pennsylvania woman accused of improperly caring for hundreds of cats at a self-styled animal rescue sanctuary is set for sentencing on animal cruelty charges.

Forty-seven-year-old Linda Bruno originally faced hundreds of charges when authorities raided her 29-acre Tiger Ranch Farm in March 2008. Many of the cats on the property about 20 miles northwest of Pittsburgh were sick, dying or dead.

She is scheduled for sentencing Friday after pleading guilty in July to 12 animal cruelty charges and two counts of tampering with records. Prosecutors withdrew more than 500 cruelty counts.

The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals nursed scores of the surviving animals back to health, and more than 40 of them remain available for adoption.