PORT ANGELES — The trial of Julie Yu on eight counts of animal cruelty will be delayed.
The trial that was to begin today will instead be reset, according to the Clallam County Superior Court calendar.
The new date of the trial was not specified in court records.
Yu is on trial on three felony counts of first-degree cruelty and five misdemeanor counts of second-degree cruelty.
The felony charges each carry maximum penalties of five years in prison and/or $10,000 fines.
The misdemeanors carry maximum 90-day jail terms, $1,000 fines, two years of parole and forfeiture of the animals.
Yu has been free on her own recognizance since her arrest.
A hearing on March 18 allowed the cats to be adopted out.
Nearly 40 of the animals have been held at the Clallam County Humane Society and the All Animal Veterinary Clinic since they were seized in October.
Police estimate that at one point she had more than 75 cats in her home.
The cats were seized after complaints from All Animal and a Port Ludlow veterinarian were called in to to the Humane Society.
Her trial is expected to last four days.
Yu has pleaded not guilty to the charges, filed after police and animal welfare authorities removed the cats from her residence at a mobile home park in Port Angeles on Oct. 10.