Animal cruelty - RSPCA WA

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19 March 2025

Bullsbrook woman sentenced over ‘deliberate’ goat neglect

A 78-year-old Bullsbrook woman has been sentenced to a suspended term of imprisonment for seven months and permanently prohibited from owning animals after leaving her female goat to suffer permanent injury due to overgrown hooves.

18 March 2025

Cooloongup woman sentenced over emaciated Rottweilers

A 33-year-old Cooloongup woman was on Monday fined $4000 and banned from owning animals for three years after pleading guilty to not providing enough food and water to her Rottweilers, Arlo and Memphis.

11 March 2025

Broome man fined over emaciated dogs

A 44-year-old Broome man has been fined a total of $5,000 for two convictions of animal cruelty and two of failing to comply with a direction from an RSPCA WA inspector. He has also been banned from owning an animal for five years.

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1 March 2025

Spearwood trio on cruelty charges over emaciated dog

Three generations of a Spearwood family are facing animal cruelty charges over an emaciated dog that had the outline of ‘all bones visible’, was weak, had no food or water, and likely would not ‘live through the next few days.’

1 March 2025

Trio charged after German Shepherd suffers chronic skin issue

A 43-year-old-man, 38-year-old woman, and a 61-year-old woman have been charged with animal cruelty after failing to seek vet care for their German shepherd who was suffering from allergy-related skin issues.

27 February 2025

Immediate jail term for dog left to suffer

A 33-year-old man has been given an eight-month immediate prison term for animal cruelty while his 46- year-old male and 33-year-old female co-accused were handed 8-month prison sentences, suspended for 12 months. All three were also banned from owning an animal for five years.

26 February 2025

Spearwood trio fined and banned over emaciated dog

Three generations of a Spearwood family have been sentenced over an emaciated dog whom they did not provide with proper and sufficient food.

21 February 2025

Friends sentenced over pup’s broken leg

Two offenders were today sentenced for animal cruelty after failing to seek vet care for a poodle puppy who had a broken leg. They were each fined $5000 and banned from owning an animal for two years.

21 February 2025

Melville man charged after allegedly beating Chihuahua

A 51-year-old Melville man has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty after allegedly beating his pet Chihuahua to ‘stop the dog from biting him’.