Court order blocks bunny adoptions
HILLSBORO, Ore. - In yet another twist to what some call the largest and strangest animal neglect case in Oregon's history, the state's highest court on Thursday issued an injunction blocking the adoption of more than 150 rabbits this weekend.
Authorities had planned to try to find the animals homes on Saturday at an event dubbed the "Super Bowl Bunny Blitz."
In October, the rabbits were seized from the Hillsboro home of Miriam Sakewitz. Police said she had hundreds of dead, dying and caged pet rabbits on her property - including nearly 100 dead rabbits in a trio of freezers. Hillsboro police described the scene as the worst case of animal neglect in recent memory.
Sakewitz was charged with 257 counts of animal neglect. Her trial is pending. 
The remaining living animals were confiscated as evidence and taken to a facility to help them recover.
But last month, police said Sakewitz somehow found the rabbits and took more than 130 to a Chehalis, Wash., horse farm where she was renting space.
A tip to police led authorities to stop her car; nine rabbits were inside, including one dead, police said. At the time, she was lodged in the Lewis County Jail on burglary charges.
Authorities took back the rabbits and planned the adoption event.
But Sakewitz filed for a court injunction to stop it. At 5 p.m. on Thursday, the state Supreme Court agreed to block the adoptions until the justices can hear a motion filed by her attorneys, Hillsboro police said.
It was not clear from a press release when the motion would be heard.
In the meantime, the news came a day after a Washington County grand jury indicted Sakewitz on three counts of second-degree burglary, and one count each of second-degree criminal mischief, second-degree theft and tampering with evidence, police said.