Overview

• Iredell County Animal Services launched its probe on July 18 after a coworker’s video captured Taylor striking at least four dogs during grooming sessions at Classy Critters in Mooresville.
• Authorities secured arrest warrants on July 24 charging 28-year-old Kirsten Rhea Taylor with four counts of felony animal cruelty and a judge set her bail at $10,000.
• Taylor posted bail Wednesday night and remains free pending further developments in the investigation.
• Sheriff Darren Campbell said the joint operation between his office and Animal Control underscores the importance of coordinated law enforcement responses in animal cruelty cases.
• An unrelated Classy Critters salon in Rome, Georgia, has publicly distanced itself after receiving misdirected online backlash.