10 Year Ban From Contact With Animals + $5000 Fine

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-01/wa-woman-fined-over-mistreatment-of-dog-broder-collie-cross/5562618

Goldfields woman fined after neglected dog found frothing at the mouth

By Rebecca Curtin

Posted 22 minutes ago

Map: Kalgoorlie 6430

A woman in the WA Goldfields has been banned from having contact with animals for 10 years for severely neglecting her dog.

The RSPCA received a complaint in 2013 about a malnourished Collie cross lying in Janine Gilbin's yard.

The dog was found frothing at the mouth and unable to stand, according to a report.

A member of the public also took a photograph of the distressed animal.

The dog was taken to the vet in a critical condition and was immediately euthanased.

The Kalgoorlie Magistrates court heard Giblin had not taken her dog to the vet in 10 years.

The court also gave Gilbin a $5,000 fine.

Tim Mayne from the RSPCA said the treatment of the dog was unacceptable.

"If we catch you doing it we can and will prosecute you," he said.

"To leave a dog to suffer to that extent is totally unacceptable and clearly the community won't tolerate it."

Mr Mayne said sadly incidents like this were not uncommon.

"We're seeing far too much of this neglect at the moment," he said.

"The unfortunate thing is that some of the people we know, even though it's not an excuse, can't afford it, but some of the people can afford it and are still neglecting their animals to such a state to where they've had to be put down, it's just terrible."

[Dame Aussie]

Only a 10 year ban? Should be for life. I hope the fine ruins her.

[tdierikx]

I'm a firm believer in punishment fitting the crime when it comes to animal cruelty cases... just sayin'...

T.

[VizslaMomma]

I'm a firm believer in punishment fitting the crime when it comes to animal cruelty cases... just sayin'...

T.

LIKE button pressed.

Poor dog.

[sandgrubber]

Too little information in this story to form a judgement. A 10 yr old dog frothing at the mouth could mean lots of things . . . and one person's idea of fit is another person's idea of malnourished. I'd think more overt neglect would be needed to warrant a 10 yr ban and $5k fine. Lots of a##holes manage to get their dogs killed by neglect well before they reach 10 yrs.