A Perth couple has been fined $10,000 and banned from owning any animal for five years after being found guilty of animal cruelty.
A PERTH couple has been fined $10,000 and banned from owning any animal for five years after being found guilty of animal cruelty.
RSPCA inspectors visited the Balga property of Deborah Hayes, a FIFO worker, and her partner, William John Warmdean, on August 21 last year after receiving a complaint about a rottweiler cross dog named Snoopy being kept in terrible conditions.
It was reported to have a severe skin condition with nearly total fur loss and was unable to stop scratching.
On arrival at the property, inspectors were confronted with a stench.
Warmdean refused to surrender the dog but was directed to seek veterinary treatment for him.
Warmdean did not do so, despite RSPCA's repeated attempts to work with and direct him.
The dog was then seized and treated at the animal welfare agency's veterinary clinic.
He was found to be suffering a severe skin disease and bacterial skin infection that resulted in skin thickening, scaling and crusting across his body and trunk.
The only areas not affected were his paws and muzzle.
"This poor dog had worn his teeth to the pulp from chewing his own skin given the irritation associated with the condition," RSPCA chief inspector Amanda Swift said.
"This is a disgusting case of neglect.
"Unfortunately on this occasion, Snoopy's condition was too far advanced and we were unable to save him."
Warmdean, who was in charge of the property where the dog lived at the time of the offence, was fined an additional $1000 for failing to follow directions issued by an RSPCA inspector.
PERTH'Sprolonged warm weather is extending this year's kitten season with litters being born into early winter, putting additional pressure on a local cat shelter.
A litter of kittens has been born at Perth's Cat Haven. Picture: file image Source: News Limited
Cat Haven spokeswoman Chandra Woodley said a litter of kittens was born at the shelter just two weeks ago, a very rare occurrence because the breeding season usually ends in April.
"The kitten season has been extraordinarily long this year with it being drawn out from November to June due to the warmer weather continuing," she said.
"Cats normally only breed in the warmer months so although we are used to large influxes of kittens normally from about November to April, we have kept on getting kittens surrendered to us."
Ms Woodley said the Cat Haven was nearly at capacity with about 250 cats on site whereas the shelter would normally have only half that number throughout winter.
She said operating the shelter at its maximum 300-cat capacity cost $4000 a day and put a great strain on staff and volunteers.
To mark Black Friday, the Cat Haven is offering a reduced adoption fee for black cats over the weekend.
Black cats are only half as likely as other cats to be adopted because people associate them with bad luck.
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