Animal cruelty - RSPCA WA

Perth man to face court for starving his two dogs

15 May 2023

Fine for pair who let dog suffer with painful broken paw

A couple from Mirrabooka, who let their dog suffer with a painful break in her paw for over a week, have been fined $2500 each and banned from contact with pets for two years.

15 May 2023

$3000 fine for man who left his dog in hot car

A 32-year-old man, who left his dog shut inside a hot car in East Victoria Park in December last year, has been fined $3000.

26 April 2023

Cruelty charge – dog allegedly left in hot car south of Perth

A 32-year-old man has been charged with animal cruelty, after allegedly leaving his dog shut inside a hot car in East Victoria Park in December last year.

17 April 2023

RSPCA spotlights plight of starving dogs, as reports spike

RSPCA WA has shared heartbreaking images of emaciated dogs currently in care, as it grapples with a record number of cruelty reports about starving pets.

9 April 2023

$4000 fine for use of cruel traps

A Herne Hill man has been fined $4000 for setting steel jawed traps on his property, capturing a rabbit and a fox. He has also been ordered to hand the traps over to RSPCA WA.

31 March 2023

Couple abandoned dog without adequate water

A 25-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man from Bindoon, who left their dog at home without adequate water for almost a month, have been charged with animal cruelty.

23 March 2023

Woman sentenced for cruelty to deceased and starving dogs

A 31-year-old woman has been banned from owning pets for three years, after one dog was found dead, and another starving, in the backyard of her Bunbury home last year.

23 March 2023

Bunbury man left dog’s gaping wound untreated

A 25-year-old Bunbury man has received a one-year ban from owning a pet, and been ordered to undertake counselling, after leaving his dog to suffer serious hunting wounds untreated.

22 March 2023

Conviction over squalid labradoodle puppy farm

A 60-year-old man has been given what amounts to a lifetime ban from breeding animals after RSPCA WA inspectors seized 39 labradoodles from his Bridgetown home in January.