The RSPCA has seized 86 dogs from an alleged puppy farm in Adelaide’s north, primarily based on a property owned by an offender presently on an excellent behaviour bond.
Key factors:
- More than 80 dogs, together with rabbits and guinea pigs, have been seized from a South Australian property
- The RSPCA says the proprietor of the property has beforehand been charged with quite a few animal cruelty offences
- No costs have but been laid in response to this seizure
Inspectors attended the property about 9.30am on Tuesday, the place they seized dogs together with border collies, in addition to three rabbits and two guinea pigs.
The property is registered as being owned by Kerrie Marie Fitzpatrick.
The RSPCA has alleged it’s the similar girl who was discovered with greater than 300 dogs on her Murray Mallee property in 2018.
The ABC reported in August this 12 months that Ms Fitzpatrick was fined $5,000 and sentenced to a few months imprisonment, suspended on a $500 good behaviour bond, after she was discovered responsible of 16 animal cruelty offences.
The 48-year-old was discovered to have greater than 300 animals at her Parrakie property in South Australia’s Murray Mallee, and since 2017 was prohibited from protecting any dogs in Victoria for 20 years.
She had been fined a complete of $85,000 for prior breaches.
A earlier judgement detailed how some dogs appeared to have behavioural points and had been affected by anxiousness issues, and a five-week-old pup was discovered “probably born with no eyes”, whereas a number of dogs had different well being situations.
The courtroom additionally beforehand heard the inspector discovered a big shed the place “there was no water within the pens, nowhere clear for the dogs to face” and “dogs sitting in empty containers with a purpose to get off the mesh”.
Ms Fitzpatrick has been prohibited to have extra than two dogs, 4 rabbits and 7 budgerigars in her care.
RSPCA South Australia’s Chief Inspector Andrew Baker mentioned the RSPCA would now be reviewing the latest proof.
“Fitzpatrick has been on our radar for a while,” Mr Baker mentioned.
“We shall be alleging that she is the only proprietor of the property and that the dogs had been in her custody, which places her in breach of her courtroom order.”
Charges are but to be laid.
