A CURFEW, A 2 YEAR BAN, COMMUNITY SERVICE, THEIR PET TAKEN AWAY AND A FINE, BECAUSE THEIR DOG HAD FLEAS !WHILST MUGGERS, LOUTS AND HOOLIGANS JUST GET ASBO'S AND ABC'S,
WHATS HAPPENING WITH THIS COUNTRY ?
A mother and son from Conniburrow have been banned from keeping dogs for two years after causing unnecessary suffering to a German Shepherd. Twenty-one-year-old Daniel Ward and his mother Tracey, 40, were sentenced at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court on Friday.
Both pleaded guilty to failing to provide adequate veterinary care to their dog called Brody at an earlier hearing.
Janita Patel, prosecutor, said RSPCA Inspector Dave Braybrooke was called to their address on Tuesday, August 5 last year after receiving allegations in relation to the dog.
He found Brody suffering from a severe flea allergy.
The defendants, who chose to represent themselves, said they had bought products to treat the flea infection.Daniel Ward, said he had used shampoo that takes a month to work. "You can't say I did not try anything," he said. "I had just lost my job and could not afford to take him to the vet."His hair started coming back then went away again. I didn't want to lose him, he was my dog."
Chair of Magistrates Tim Jenn, sentencing the pair, said: "We accept you did make efforts to treat the dog but it was ineffective. You should have taken it to the vet; it was obvious because of the stress it caused."
Daniel Ward was sentenced to 80 hours of community service and must pay £1,233.74 of boarding fees and £600 towards court costs. An order was made for the dog to remain in the RSPCA's care.
Tracey Ward will serve a curfew for eight weeks, during which she must stay at home between 8pm and 7am, and must pay £300 of court costs.Both are disqualified from owning or keeping dogs for two years.
Insp. Braybrooke said: "It goes to show that if you get treatments for your dog that aren't working then you must by all accounts get the animal to the vet.
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I wish the shg would hand my details out like I have asked. If you read the RSPCA care sheet, you must go to a vet if the animal is sick or injured the dog was neither. So you were not acting against their suggestions. horselaw@googlemai.com
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