The RSPCA is investigating and urgently appealing for witnesses after a puppy was dumped in a kennel with the decomposing bodies of her two siblings, in a case which has been described by an RSPCA inspector as one of the “most distressing” she has seen.
The terrified and poorly dog was found by a member of the public in Grange Road North, Runcorn, on Tuesday (9 October).
Inspector Lisa Lupson, who is investigating for the animal welfare charity and described … Continue reading…
The RSPCA has launched an appeal for information after TWO hamsters were found abandoned at a Merthyr Tydfil property.
Officers from the animal welfare charity were contacted after a shocked member of the public found a hamster on their doorstep at 9.20am on Tuesday (9 October), on Tramroad Terrace in the South Wales town.
There was a little bit of sawdust in the Groundwork-branded box, but no food or drink. The words “hamster inside” were scrawled across the top of … Continue reading…
A South Wales man has been jailed for eight weeks, after the serious neglect of four dogs.
Matthew Kensole Stoneman (d.o.b 04/01/1988), now of Aberfan Fawr, Aberfan, was found guilty of three Animal Welfare Act offences, after his four dogs were found in a dirty kennel full of urine and faeces in October 2017.
Stoneman, 30, had been evicted from the Bedw Road property in Bedlinog some weeks previously, and had been keeping the dogs at his old house whilst … Continue reading…
The RSPCA is appealing for information after an extremely emaciated staffie was found abandoned in North Shields.
The white Staffordshire Bull Terrier, named Ayma by the veterinary staff, is so thin all of her ribs are visible and she is unable to stand or walk.
She was discovered by a member of the public at about 6am this morning (Friday, 12 October) on a grassy embankment near Howden Road, close to the A187 in North Shields.
RSPCA inspector Cathy Maddison, … Continue reading…
Two North Wales men have been handed a suspended jail term after a cat was tossed high into the air like a rugby ball, in a “cruel, dangerous and callous prank”.
Joshua Weir, 27 – of Linden Drive, Prestatyn – and Lewis Brereton, 26 – of Bryntirion Avenue, Rhyl – both admitted causing the cat unnecessary suffering on or before 21 July.
Shocking video footage, captured by Brereton, shows Weir tossing the cat high into the air in a … Continue reading…