Patrick Bailey said “it was impossible” to get in parts of Lorraine George’s jumbled home where she required 29 Persian cats to live covered in faeces and fleas.
As reported, the 64-year-old was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court previously this month having actually been condemned at trial of 13 offenses under the Animal Welfare Act.
RSPCA officers, who went to her home in Christchurch in March in 2015, discovered cats spread around the property struggling with eye infections, breathing disease, flea problems, matted fur, emaciation, and ingrown claws.
One cat even needed to be put down.
Mr Bailey said in a declaration checked out to the court that almost all the ground flooring of George’s property was unattainable due to the fact that of mess.
“We were confronted by a wall of boxes and parcels, creating a thin walkway through the hallway to the kitchen, and I could hear cats calling throughout the house,” he said.
“There was also a very strong, unpleasant smell of ammonia and it was impossible to enter the living room and dining room as they were stacked floor to ceiling with boxes of belongings.”
It was said that authorities discovered the offender asleep on the flooring of a bed room, while her restroom and an ensuite were inhabited by cats.
The inspector included: “It appeared to me that the property barely functioned as a home anymore, instead it resembled a storage facility.”
A veterinarian who analyzed the cats specified: “None of the pens supplied an appropriate environment for the requirements of the cats as they were housing a lot of cats for the location supplied. That, and poor ventilation and health added to a high occurrence of several transmittable illness.
‘Squalid’ conditions sustained by cats in the Christchurch home of Lorraine George (Image: RSPCA)
“The arrangement of food and water was insufficient and food bowls were filthy and empty, litter tray arrangement was insufficient and there was an absence of enrichment for all the cats.
“There was faecal staining all over the furniture, windowsill, bookshelves, bedside cabinets and faeces in the bed itself. The smell in this room was horrific.”
George declared a few of the cats were thin due to the fact that they had influenza and the court was outlined the offender’s imperfection. It was likewise said that she blamed the RSPCA for her scenario.
Sentencing judge Jonathan Fuller KC criticised George for “refusing to accept” any duty.
George was sentenced to 26 weeks in jail, suspended for 2 years, and prohibited from owning cats for ten years. She was likewise bought to pay £53,275.78 in legal expenses.
