A woman from Devon is jailed and handed a lifetime ban from owning animals for neglecting 191 dogs.
Diana Curtis, 66, of Peters Marland, had kept the dogs in crates and cages in a remote field near Chittlehamholt and in kennels near Chulmleigh Cross, Exeter Crown Court heard.She was jailed for 25 months and handed a lifetime ban from owning animals.
"You put yourself and your own feelings before the animals causing them considerable suffering," he said.Cramped conditions RSPCA inspectors said they found dogs kept in cramped conditions standing on top of one another to drink water.The court heard she had already been banned from keeping animals after being convicted in December 2023 of ill-treating horses, chickens and ducks.
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