A file photo from 2017 shows some of the more than 100 dogs Oskana Higgins and Vasili Platunov …

A file photo from 2017 shows some of the more than 100 dogs Oskana Higgins and Vasili Platunov ...

A file photo from 2017 shows some of the more than 100 dogs Oskana Higgins and Vasili Platunov housed in a kennel in Pahrump. The pair were arrested for animal cruelty and neglect on Aug. 22, 2022. (Special to the Pahrump Valley Times)