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Article: COUPLE ADMIT CAUSING SUFFERING TO DOG.
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- Fenland Citizen (Wisbech, England)
- Article date:
- February 12, 2008
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A CHATTERIS couple could be banned from keeping all animals after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to their six-year-old German Shepherd, which led to it being put down.
On Friday, Fenland Magistrates kept all punishment options open for Paula and John Day, of 8 Eastbourne Road, who were charged with not taking their dog Becky to the vet for a long-term skin condition.
Julian Hunt, prosecuting, explained the charge related to a period of neglect from June 28 to October 18 2007.
In 2001 the RSPCA visited the family home and advised them to have Becky seen by a vet and they had complied.
However, when inspectors visited ...