Second spouse fails to appear in court in animal case

Morgan Blaire Gore, above, Cassey Duncan Gore, below.

By DEUCE NIVEN

    Like her spouse before her, a Tabor City woman facing animal abandonment charges failed to appear in District Court in Whiteville Monday, Columbus County Animal Control Officer Joey Prince said.
    Morgan Blaire Gore, 24, will face a $20,000 bond when she is taken into custody on the failure to appear charge, with District Court Judge Fred Gore setting that bail.
    Gore is charged with five counts each of animal abandonment and failing to have the dogs vaccinated against rabies. Her apparently estranged spouse, Casey Duncan Gore, 35, faces the same charges.
    Both women are accused of leaving dogs in a pen behind an abandoned Floyd Street home that were discovered after winds from Hurricane Hermine sent a tree limb crashing into the fence on Sept. 3, freeing one of the animals, Tabor City police said at the time.
    Five dogs, without food, only fetid water to drink, and feeding on excrement were recovered, Prince said.
    Casey Gore was arrested in September, and failed to appear for a Sept. 30 court date, the same day Morgan Gore was arrested. Casey Gore has not been arrested on the failure to appear charge.
    Look for more on this story in this week’s Tabor-Loris Tribune in print and online.