A 53-YEAR-OLD woman has been banned from owning an animal for 20
years after neglecting her two dogs so badly they needed to be put down.
Peta Brien was also sentenced to a one-year, community-based order
and ordered to pay costs of $1083.
She
was convicted of animal cruelty offences in the Perth Magistrates Court on
Friday after failing to provide sufficient food and water for the dogs and
failing to take steps to alleviate harm to them.
Both
had been abandoned at a Maylands property and were emaciated, but one of the
dogs, a two-year-old Maltese shitzu cross named Little Man, was found lying
lifeless and whining, suffering dehydration, conjunctivitis and ulcerated eyes.Little
Man also had severely matted fur and grass seeds embedded in his skin, which
had caused severe infection and maggots in and around his hind region.
RSPCA WA chief inspector Amanda Swift said the penalty was
appropriate because a person who treated dogs so poorly did not deserve the
privilege of owning one.
By: Edwina Owusu-Adjapong.
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