A Middleboro woman with a previous conviction of animal cruelty has been charged yet again for the same thing after authorities say they found more than two dozen horses, dogs, cats and guinea pigs on her property “left in deplorable conditions.”

Kimberly Savino, 43, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Wareham District Court to 26 counts of animal cruelty by a custodian, elevated as it’s a subsequent offense. First Justice Edward H. Sharkansky allowed Savino to go home without bail but ordered that she have no contact with animals.

The Plymouth District Attorney’s office had asked for a $5,000 cash bail, arguing that Savino was a risk as she was previously charged in Michigan with similar offenses in 2014 and was ordered to pay $40,000 in fines. Savino is due back in court on Dec. 10 for a pretrial hearing.

The case began when the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell ran a “routine check” on Savino’s horses and found them to be “significantly underweight” and fed with “very poor-quality hay.” The MSPCA then got the Middleboro Police Department involved, according to the DA’s office.

Prosecutors say that over the next several months Savino failed to follow the MSPCA’s directions on how to properly care for the horses and either canceled or rescheduled at least nine appointments for the animals to be checked.

The authorities then searched the property on Oct. 18 and found not only the abused horses but, inside the home, 17 dogs and cats and a guinea pig “left in deplorable conditions in the basement.” In addition, officers found the remains of “several” dead dogs in both a freezer and in Savino’s garage. Authorities seized the living animals.

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In her Michigan case, Savino pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was ordered to perform 400 hours of community service, pay fines and pay $100,000 in restitution to her local animal shelter for caring for the 37 dogs she owned after her arrest, according to MLive Michigan reporting at the time.

She was additionally barred from owning any animals for five years after the dogs were found in conditions the Michigan judge described as “absolutely filthy” and which the MLive article said included the dogs being kept in “cages allegedly covered in fecal matter and had hinges rusted by urine.”