Michael Walsh, 38, of Norwich Road, Corpusty, was discovered to have actually been keeping a female F1 Savannah cat, which is categorized as a harmful wild animal, without a licence.
He was condemned in his lack of offenses under the unsafe wild animal act after he stopped working to participate in a hearing last November.
A 2nd charge of having actually kept animals to be offered as family pets without a licence on land at Manor Farm Barns in Corpusty was likewise shown.
The expert featherweight fighter was fined and informed at pay expenses amounting to £15,605 when he was sentenced at Norwich Magistrates Court after a prosecution brought by North Norfolk District Council.
Manor Farm Barns in Corpusty (Image: Newsquest)
Magistrates likewise enforced fines and expenses of £16,485 versus a 2nd offender, Chloe Green, 35, from Tinkers Close in Aldborough.
She had actually been condemned of offering animals as family pets without a licence and blocking or postponing animal well-being officers throughout an assessment at Manor Farm Barns.
Savannah cats, a cross in between a domestic cat and an African serval, have actually ended up being especially popular on social networks owing to their striking appearances.
But animal well-being campaign groups have actually argued that types that are part wildcat disagree for many family pet owners.
Savannah cats are crossbreed of a domestic cat with an African serval (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
It is unlawful to own a first-generation Savannah cat without an unique licence.
A North Norfolk District Council representative said: “Breeding cats is an extremely financially rewarding business, and it is essential for the well-being of the animals, and the self-confidence of the general public purchasing animals as family pets, that the market is correctly managed which breeders hold the appropriate licences and undergo all of the pertinent assessments.
“It is very concerning that dangerous wild animals were being kept in the district without the proper licences being in place.”
