NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
PERSONS
CONVICTED 18
TOTAL
CONVICTIONS 42
Investigating officer:
RSPCA Inspector
Dave McAdam
Defendant:
Female 21, customer
service advisor
Offences:
Animal Welfare Act 2006 s4
and s9
Pleas:
Guilty
Total convictions:
Seven
Sentence:
Disqualified from keeping
animals for five years; 12 weeks'
imprisonment suspended for
one year; £300 costs.
Prosecuted by:
Payne & Gamage Solicitors
NottinghamshireFour hungry, thirsty cats were found confined in
rabbit hutches inside a dark outhouse.
RSPCA Inspector Dave McAdam
found all the cats to be pitifully
emaciated, little more than bones
and fur. They did not have access
to food or water. One hutch
contained a dead cat that was
almost flat in appearance: live
cats were forced to walk on top
of her because of the cramped
conditions in the hutch.
Whilst checking the rest of the
outside of the property, Inspector
McAdam noticed the smell of
decomposition coming from two
wheelie bins in the back garden.
There, he found the putrefying
carcasses of eight assorted rabbits
and cats.
When put in clean kennels at the
veterinary surgery, all four cats
drank water for over five minutes
continuously. The vet commented
this was exceptional - she had
never seen cats so thirsty.
In interview the woman
considered herself a fit person to
look after animals in the future.
NORTH YORKSHIRE
PERSONS
CONVICTED 54
TOTAL
CONVICTIONS 125
Investigating officer:
RSPCA Inspector Laura Barber
Defendant:
Female 42, unemployed
Offences:
Animal Welfare Act 2006 s9
Pleas:
Guilty
Total convictions:
Two
Sentence:
Disqualified from
keeping livestock for life;
eight-week curfew order.
Prosecuted by:
Freeman Brown Solicitors
North YorkshireA former veterinary nurse admitted neglecting a
pig and a goat after failing to heed advice from
RSPCA inspectors.
The defendant had signed over
some of her animals to the
RSPCA for rehoming during one
of the inspectors' initial visits.
However, inspectors became
concerned about the animals
she decided to keep; particularly
two pigs, both of which were
suffering from mange, and a goat
that was visibly thin.
Inspectors repeatedly visited
the land where the woman had
been keeping the animals, only
to find that no water or food
had been provided for them and
that the pigs' skin conditions had
not been treated. Despite being
given numerous opportunities,
there had been no attempt by
the defendant to improve the
animals' welfare so it was decided,
on the advice of a vet, that the
animals should be removed for
their own health.
The defendant suggested that she
would have left the animals for
a week without food and water
had the RSPCA not intervened to
remove them.
Despite being given
numerous opportunities,
there had been
no attempt by the
defendant to improve
the animals' welfare.
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