Pet Foundation operator Annette Thompson’s trial for inadequate animal care has been delayed once again.

Thompson’s attorney Darwin Satterwhite and private prosecutor Heidi Meinzer of Arlington both requested the continuance. The new trial date is set for August 2 at 2 p.m.

Meinzer told General District Judge Edward Carpenter that she had decided to drop five of the charges, leaving nine cases still to be tried.

All the charges are Class IV misdemeanors, punishable by a maximum penalty of a $250 fine each.

The charges stem from an investigation by an ad hoc group of animal welfare advocates which led to two original charges being filed against Thompson on February 27, one a Class I misdemeanor charge in the death of a horse later determined to have been euthanized at the foundation.

That charge was reduced to a Class IV misdemeanor and then later dismissed when it was determined that the one year statute of limitations had run out, leaving one Class IV misdemeanor charge outstanding.

Satterwhite had asked for a continuance until May 24 after 13 new complaints were filed in early April. At the May 24 court appearance he had said he was prepared to go forward but a continuance was granted the complainants after Judge Carpenter accepted Arlington attorney Heidi Meinzer as their representative.

Meinzer said she was sharing records of veterinary treatment, characterized as “fairly extensive” of the animals with Satterwhite.

Meinzer requested and was granted amendments to several of the charges, bringing the dates into line with the one year statute of limitations of such charges. Satterwhite objected to the dates of some of the charges, some spanning several months, as being too long, but was overruled.

Both attorneys said they hoped the trial would go forward and a verdict could be reached in August.