Animal cruelty - RSPCA WA

Perth man to face court for starving his two dogs

23 April 2024

Dog groomer fined for animal cruelty

A 31-year-old Champion Lakes woman will have to pay $7,500 in fines and costs for slapping, forcefully throwing and otherwise roughly handling a dog during a grooming session.

12 April 2024

Couple face 46 charges over alleged puppy farm operation

A 66-year-old woman and 61-year-old man have each been charged with 23 counts of animal cruelty over an alleged Pomeranian puppy farm operation. They were charged following the discovery of 50 animals in ill-health at the couple’s Southern River property.

9 April 2024

Pet rats found dumped under bridge in Bayswater

RSPCA WA is pleading with people who need to surrender their pets to do so responsibly after three pet rats were found taped in a box and dumped under the Garrett Road Bridge in Bayswater.

21 March 2024

Man allegedly hid puppy after she suffered broken pelvis

A 46-year-old man has been charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly failed to seek appropriate veterinary care for his puppy who had been hit by a car. It is also alleged he then tried to hide the puppy from RSPCA WA.

15 March 2024

Dog beater on 12-month CBO for callous case of cruelty

A 56-year-old Cloverdale man has been sentenced to a 12-month community-based order and permanently prohibited from owning animals for kicking, dragging and punching his Staffordshire terrier during three separate incidents in Kewdale and Belmont.

12 March 2024

Swan View man fined $4k after beating pet dog

A 22-year-old Swan View man has been fined $4000 and banned from being in charge of an animal for two years after pleading guilty to beating his one-year-old Bull Arab Mastiff cross, Archie.

27 February 2024

Lifetime pet ban for Yokine man who ‘loved puppy to death’

A 62-year-old Yokine man who hit his Chihuahua puppy in the head with a paving mallet, fracturing the dog’s skull, has received a suspended prison sentence, and been banned from ever owning an animal again.

23 February 2024

$2000 fine and ban for puppy left alone in filthy backyard

A 47-year-old Gosnells woman has been fined $2000 and prohibited from being in charge of an animal after leaving her five-month-old puppy alone in her backyard for long periods of time, without adequate food and water.

21 February 2024

German Shepherd tethered in homemade tin shelter

A 71-year-old Bullsbrook woman has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly leaving a black German Shepherd tethered under a homemade tin shelter on a property in Hines Hill.