The Kern County woman accused of animal cruelty is now behind bars.

The woman who has gone by the name Anita Gilbert was taken into custody by bounty hunters and turned over to Van Nuys police around 6 p.m. Thursday. We're told Gilbert resisted arrest and had to be wrestled to the ground to be restrained.

Gilbert, who is 59-years-old, has been in hiding since late August after an arrest warrant was issued charging her with threatening a deputy public defender and failing to appear in court on animal abuse charges.

In July, animal control officers seized about 60 dogs and cats from what they called filthy conditions at Gilbert’s home and warehouse near Tehachapi.

Gilbert has been booked into a jail in Los Angeles County where she’s being held without bail. We’re told she’ll be returned to Kern County Friday.