By Daniel Schwartz, TME

Christine De Anda, owner of Rock N’ Pawz Rescue, is continuing her legal battle to have the 303 animals that were seized from her Lake Hughes property on March 20, 2026…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Above: Screenshot images from De Anda’s Writ of Mandate (left), excerpts from Officer Abel Munoz’s Statement of Probably Cause (top right), and the granted search warrant (bottom right) for the Lake Hughes property on the 4600 block of 266th Street, as well as photos from the original seizure of the animals on March 20, 2026 (middle)

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This is part of the June 26, 2026 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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