WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Despicable canine proprietor Carrie Hansford, 43, deserted her Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rocky, ten, who starved to dying in a dirty home surrounded by his personal waste
A vile dog proprietor allowed her pet to starve to dying in a dirty home it ripped to shreds in search of meals, a court heard.
Carrie Hansford, 43, deserted Rocky and left the Staffordshire Bull Terrier to a gradual and painful dying surrounded by large piles of garbage and his personal waste. Eventually, a canine warden broke into her home in Southampton, Hants, with a warrant the place he discovered Rocky’s emaciated and insect-riddled stays.
Animal handler Mark Knight advised how he discovered the 10-year-old surrounded by piles of his personal faeces after he was known as to Hansford’s home. Upon getting into the property, the previous vet nurse mentioned was greeted with an “overwhelming” scent.
He mentioned: “The scent instantly indicated one thing was improper and my ideas right away had been I used to be going to search out one thing lifeless. As I bought into the kitchen, I instantly noticed a whole lot of canine excrement – months and months’ price.
“I regarded by the kitchen bench and noticed the emaciated canine on the ground, clearly lifeless. It was very distressing. I used to be a vet for six years and likewise an animal welfare officer and it is without doubt one of the worst circumstances in 10 years I’ve come throughout.
“It is obvious the proprietor supposed to go away the canine to die. She simply might have gotten help and assist and that might’ve given the canine an opportunity. He had no likelihood being locked behind a door with no meals or water.
“There had been ripped packages, ripped the whole lot, in every single place. The canine had been looking for meals and looking for a method to survive. As an animal warden, I’m there for the welfare of animals. I felt uncooked emotion at the moment.”
At Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court, Hants, Hansford was handed a four-month jail sentence suspended for 12 months, alongside a 5 yr ban and 100 hours of unpaid work.
She had beforehand pleaded responsible to 2 counts of inflicting pointless struggling to a protected animal.
The court docket heard that Rocky had died a gradual, painful dying from hunger and dehydration and weighed solely 6.75kg when he was discovered.
It is just not identified how lengthy he lay lifeless for, however Southampton Magistrates’ Court beforehand heard Hansford noticed Rocky the day after he died – December 17, 2022 – however left him there to rot. She deserted the household canine to stay along with her new companion, the court docket heard.
Speaking on the sentence she acquired, Mr Knight added: “I feel the sentence is sort of stunning, however she now has 5 years to mirror and hopefully not do something like this once more.
Following the sentencing, an RSPCA spokesperson mentioned: ” Dogs are utterly reliant on their house owners and to not present for his or her wants is a breach of the legislation.
“Providing meals, water and an acceptable dwelling surroundings are important parts of that care. The vet highlighted Rocky had been left with out meals and water for a chronic time frame and the struggling Rocky endured consequently is unimaginable.”
