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Sussex County Petting Zoo Owner Indicted On Animal Cruelty Charges
The 47-year-old owner of a Sussex County petting zoo has been indicted on animal cruelty charges by a grand jury, reports say. Dennis Sugar of Branchville -- who owned Sugar Sweet Farms in Andover Township -- was arrested last summer for animal cruelty at his zoo, previously located in Lafayette, NJ Herald reports. A Sussex County grand jury accused Sugar of failing to care for numerous goats and piglets, many of whom had died or suffered from injuries and untreated diseases, reports say. Sugar was indicted on Jan. 23 and charged with two counts of third-degree cruelty to animals resultin…