Animal cruelty - RSPCA WA

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8 May 2025

Manjimup man fined for letting lame horses suffer

A 66-year-old Manjimup man has been fined $5,800, ordered to pay $45,777 in costs, and banned from owning or looking after horses for 15 years after pleading guilty to letting his two horses suffer chronic laminitis and overgrown, untended hooves.

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3 May 2025

Geraldton woman charged for alleged neglect of her three dogs

A 35-year-old Spalding woman has been charged with animal cruelty after she allegedly left her dogs locked inside her house without sufficient food for up to four days. RSPCA WA received a cruelty report about a male Jack Russell and two female terriers at the Spalding home in October 2024.

2 May 2025

Friends charged with animal cruelty over pup’s broken leg

Two friends have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly failing to seek vet care for a poodle puppy who had a broken leg.

29 April 2025

Carlisle man charged for allegedly letting puppy suffer

A 61-year-old Carlisle man has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly failing to seek vet care for his Mastiff puppy who was suffering from a leg fracture.

24 April 2025

Port Kennedy man fined $7,500 over injured puppy

A 40-year-old Port Kennedy man has been convicted of animal cruelty after leaving his Siberian Husky puppy to suffer broken bones and other medical issues untreated.

24 April 2025

SW couple arrested over alleged puppy abuse, torture

A Busselton couple has been arrested on a combined 13 charges of animal cruelty over the alleged beating, torture, abuse and torment of their bull terrier cross puppy.

28 March 2025

Gidgegannup animals left to suffer in filth

A 55-year-old man and 50-year-old woman from Gidgegannup have each received 12-month prison sentences, suspended for 12 months, after RSPCA WA seized a total of 67 animals from appalling conditions at their property on two separate occasions.

27 March 2025

Ill chicken found dumped in a bin near the Swan River

RSPCA WA is seeking information after an emaciated, lice-infested chicken was found in a bin at Maali Bridge Park near the Swan River in Herne Hill.

19 March 2025

Bullsbrook man convicted for keeping Kelpie in squalor

A 70-year-old Bullsbrook man was today fined $3,500 and banned from owning domestic animals for one year after being convicted of animal cruelty for keeping his mature kelpie in an enclosure filled with dog faeces, animal bones and contaminated water.