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A 32-year-old woman and 36-year-old man have been convicted of animal cruelty after RSPCA WA inspectors were alerted to two skinny dogs abandoned at a Port Kennedy property. Collectively they were fined more than $12,000 and banned from owning animals for five years.
After spending six months presumed stolen, ginger cat Micky was recently found in a good Samaritan's garden.
A 40-year-old man has been charged with 36 counts of animal cruelty in relation to an alleged puppy farm he was operating in Canning Vale. He was charged following the discovery of 105 dogs at the property.
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.
No water. No love. No care. Just a few scattered biscuits in a filthy, faeces-covered yard. That was all Marnie, and her week-old puppies, had to survive.
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.
Two friends have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly failing to seek vet care for a poodle puppy who had a broken leg.
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.
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.