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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’.
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.
RSPCA WA is urging cat owners to keep their feline companions contained to their property following a booming kitten season which has seen 94 cats and 146 kittens come into the shelter since 1 November.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A 53-year-old Bullsbrook woman has been charged with breaching a lifetime dog ownership ban.
West Australian dog owners are being urged to leave their four-legged friends safely at home as the state faces a week of expected sweltering temperatures.
