Going to call it a night as honestly feeling so low 😢. But please if possible donate towards our emergency fundraiser, which is doing well. We just need 2733 supporters donating £5 each and we hit our target. Please help us clear our dues. Goodnight 💖 https://t.co/SLm2yWre53
An appalling lack of judgement from @WomansWeeklyMag whose ‘Money Makers’ editorial suggested taking up dog breeding to make some quick cash 🤯😡
But how on earth has this suggestion become normalised in our society? That is the question that sits above their error of judgement. And that is why we are making this video and asking you all to RT it.
Publishing an apology needs to be replaced with a concerted effort on their part to educate their readers about the state of the rescue crisis, and the benefits of adopting a rescue over buying a puppy. Not just one token article, they owe us all a sustained campaign.
Only 4 very kind people have donated towards our hospital fundraiser. The street animals of Pakistan are amongst the forgotten animals of the world. Help us to change that by donating. Please we are literally begging you 🙏🏼 https://t.co/dXj5x4TKov
In an utterly disgusting decision, Paul Watson's case has been extended again to 23rd October, and the defence was not allowed to present video evidence.
We stand with Paul Watson and @CaptPaulWatson and demand his release #FreePaulWatson 🐋✊
Please retweet CONVICTED | AVOIDED JAIL-Sophie Singer, 41, and Keith Byrne, 38, from #Eastbourne, East #Sussex#UK - left their 14-year-old boxer dog to die while they swanned off on holiday to Center Parcs.
The heartless couple refused to accept their elderly pet, known as Bentley, was suffering before they abandoned him at home in January 2022.
One of their neighbours raised the alarm in their absence, after entering the home through a broken front door to find Bentley at the foot of the stairs the day after they left.
His breathing was ‘rapid and shallow’, and the neighbour thought he was dying.
Bentley was ‘barely alive’ when an RSPCA inspector entered their home through an unlocked door the next day.
He was covered in scabs and weighed just 12.5kg – less than half the weight of an average boxer.
He had been so hungry, he turned to eating food wrappers and a felt pen found in his stomach. His claws were so overgrown they'd become talons.
Bentley was in such a poor state, police told the RSPCA inspector to remove him despite not legally being allowed to.
Judge Christine Laing KC, who said she has never owned a dog, said: ‘I find this case really extraordinary.
‘Even as a non dog owner, I would have seen instantly that this dog was in a terrible state.’
She added: ‘He would not have been able to move without being in agony.
‘The ribs showing through his skin you could not have failed to miss.
‘He had scabs and inflammation on his skin you could not have failed to miss.’
He had prominent ribs, hips and spine. His eyes were sunken and his claws were curling over.
The RSPCA did their best to save him, but Bentley died overnight after months of neglect.
When contacted by the RSPCA through information found on Bentley’s chip, long distance lorry driver Byrne told them Bentley had not seen a vet for a year.
Singer said they put his condition down to old age and tiredness, claiming she believed he wouldn’t have come home if they had taken him to a vet.
The pair tried convincing the court they had left Bentley – their pet of seven years – in the care of a family friend, but the judge rejected this claim.
Judge Laing said: ‘You insist on continuing to persist with this bizarre story.
‘The dog had clearly been suffering for a very substantial period of time and you decided to swan off on holiday.
‘I’m not even convinced you had somebody to look after it or that this person even existed.
‘The animal was clearly starving. There was no food in its stomach.
‘It really is appalling behaviour. I am at a loss.
‘Both of you talk about it as if it was a beloved family pet.
‘What an example you are showing to your children about what love is.’
Singer and Byrne were convicted in their absence of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and failing to ensure his welfare.
Criticising their avoidance of court, the judge said: ‘There is no mitigation to be found.
‘I’m quite satisfied you have gone to considerable efforts to avoid the whole court process.’
The judge told them they would likely have had to serve time behind bars if they were not the parents of seven children.
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@yrscommercial@StillBunter@HopeRescue@WGRural@DefraGovUK Occupying valuable and limited rescue space may save one XL Bully but then cost the lives of all the dogs who otherwise could have passed through their doors to new homes. Hope sadly and tragically had little choice. RIP Coconut.
@JamesDalyMP @RishiSunak You are a puppet James. First you back Boris (then change mind), then you back Liz (then change mind), now you back Rishi. You'll do anything for a mention, photo shoot or promotion. Trouble for you is your voters see you've no to little morals and no policies worth listening to.
@YameshLaw @Dogs4Rescue If any dog is on a lead in public and with a responsible owner it is highly unlikely to be able to kill. Take away either of those and there can be a significant problem. A dog is not a toy but too many people don't know how to control them and can buy them too easily.
@MightyMightyO1@tweetdodger@Dogs4Rescue It is the opinion of the person who brought the original legislation to parliament as well as the BVA, RSPCA and countless other bodies who know a bit more about it than me and you.