Mary Esch

(LANCE WHEELER/The Associated Press) Thoroughbred breeder Ernie Paragallo (right) stands in court with his attorney Michael Howard on Wednesday in Catskill, N.Y. Paragallo was convicted of mistreating dozens of malnourished horses on his Hudson Valley farm. A judge convicted Paragallo on 33 of 34 misdemeanor animal cruelty counts in a nonjury trial in Greene County.

NY horse breeder convicted of animal cruelty

CATSKILL, N.Y. -- Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie Paragallo was convicted Wednesday of mistreating dozens of malnourished horses on his Hudson Valley farm.

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