Ryan Seel and Debbie Slater have been banned from keeping all animals for a decade after the discovery at their Peter Street home
Three 'fully emaciated' dogs with body score conditions of just one out of nine were found at the home of a Blackpool couple and were 'within 24 hours of dying'.
This followed noise and welfare concerns about a dog that was being left out in the couple’s back garden for long periods of time. "The man then let us pick up one of the Jack Russell's and you could see her ribs and hip bones. He explained that they had changed their food as they had lost a bit of weight and he said the one that he was holding had been to the vets.
In his evidence to the court, the vet who examined them said all six had not had their dietary needs met for a considerable length of time and this has caused them physical and mental stress. Three of the dogs were given body score conditions of just one out of nine and only weighed between 1.4kg and 1.6kg .
"To end up with such low body condition scores, the dogs have either been on lower calories than their body requirements for many months or starved completely for a shorter time." They were taken to the RSPCA Blackpool & North Lancs branch’s animal centre in Stalmine, where - along with the three other Jack Russells - they were cared for and rehomed. In addition to the ten year ban on keeping all animals, Seel was given a 12 month community order, ten rehabilitation activity requirement days and 100 hours of unpaid work.
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