Animal cruelty - RSPCA WA

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20 February 2025

Woman charged after dogs suffer dehydration and heat stress

A 30-year-old Girrawheen woman has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly leaving her two dogs in her backyard in the full sun on a 30°C degree day, without access to shade or water.

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14 February 2025

Woman fined $5k for failing to feed lost dog

A 41-year-old Parmelia woman has been fined $5000 and banned from owning an animal for five years after failing to provide a male Chihuahua named Tama, who did not belong to her, with proper and sufficient food.

10 February 2025

Stratton father and son convicted over emaciated dog

A 64-year-old man and his 28-year-old son have today pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and been fined a total of $12,000 after RSPCA WA inspectors seized an emaciated dog from their Stratton home.

9 February 2025

Yangebup man charged over alleged puppy beating

A 24-year-old Yangebup man has been charged with animal cruelty after RSPCA WA received a recording in which a puppy can be heard being beaten.

23 January 2025

Floreat man fined $4k for confining beloved pet cat in an esky

A 38-year-old Floreat man was fined $4000 today after pleading guilty to trapping and confining a pet cat in an esky for approximately ten hours, likely causing the cat’s “long, slow, painful” death.

20 January 2025

Convicted puppy farmer accused of breaching dog ban

A 53-year-old Bullsbrook woman has been charged with breaching a lifetime dog ownership ban.

16 January 2025

Woman charged for failing to feed lost dog

A 41-year-old Parmelia woman has been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly failing to provide a male Chihuahua, who did not belong to her, with proper and sufficient food.

13 January 2025

Port Hedland man charged over dog riddled with maggots

A 32-year-old Port Hedland man has been charged with animal cruelty over his dog which was described as “skin and bones” with open wounds riddled with “hundreds and hundreds of maggots”.

12 January 2025

Huntingdale man fined for dog neglect

A 49-year-old Huntingdale man has been fined $5,300 and banned from owning a dog for two years for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2002.