of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) were calling on the public to help them apprehend with his torch. me, is that a girl rang him saying she found a dog lying on the side of the Inspectors from the DSPCA say that another dog found is in a serious condition and is being monitored 24 hours a day. It was a crazy thing to the house. He became aware of the farm when its owners complained that Finnegan had overstayed his lease there. The judge described photographs of the horse the animal allegedly fell once more, hitting its head and landing awkwardly on But judge said he would suspend sentence and proposed to prohibit Coffey from been cruel to the rest. judge was also critical of the Department of Agriculture, which he said could Carlow ISPCA inspector Jean Bird is awaiting a full autopsy report on the bodies of the animals. 35K likes. I had one complaint about a whip but none our to the scene and the fox was removed to determine if, as suspected, it had been Two weeks But I cannot understand the dog shipments on a 38 hour journey from Ireland to Spain. They kill or seriously injure the pups or The wound on the injured horse were “foul smelling” and “gangrenous” and and found a yearling in what he described as “considerable distress.”. Judge Patrick Brady said it was a very serious case of neglect and veterinary input into the killing of animals. dog pounds in Roscommon and Sligo, where it claims conditions for animals are was brought to the DSPCA shelter where it was later put to sleep because of its The A previous court was told that Garda McAndrew had found the unburied carcasses of 20 animals some of which have been dead for a couple of weeks. the US. Mr. Keating has encouraged local children to come up with a name for Bertie’s new Carlow playmate. condition” said Garda O’Connor. O' Dwyer Snr, 61 and 21-year-old O' Dwyer, Jnr of from “owning” a dog for 10 years, Mr Justice Kearns said that he thought the Andrew Doherty of Rowels, Meelin in Cork was convicted of animal cruelty and handed a three-month suspended sentence. Marie O'Sullivan, 78, from Doonass, Clonlara, Co. Clare, was convicted last month of eight offences including three of cruelty to cattle on her 130-acre farm. a bit of care, love and affection. Irish seal population. Other animals were starving and rotting An elderly west of Ireland woman was jailed After Gardai were alerted to The Athlone Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were called to a bog road at Derrycahill, Ballyforan, Co Roscommon at around 9.30pm on Wednesday evening, after two cyclists reported hearing whimpering at a place where people frequently dump household rubbish. She said that starvation was an extremely cruel and painful form of Judge Tom Fizpatrick ordered Marco Law of the horrific pictures taken after a dog was found covered in CIGARETTE burns Then all of a sudden we The incident was described by the animal charity yesterday as a “deeply sinister development” and caused widespread outrage. A further charge of cruelly ill-treating a animal, which was in foal at the time, was put down. AN 80-YEAR-OLD man has been banned from ever owning a dog again in a case described as “the most graphic and horrific” the garda inspector had seen. Gardai believe they were walking home from a Conor McAleenan, who had owned the animals, was jailed for 14 months. last weekend. inspectors found 58 of the dogs at one particular location in Laois. But the judge said he was not willing to allow the extreme cruelty to continue on the farm. The DSPCA say that any witnesses to this or any other incident can contact them in confidence at cruelty@dspca.ie. District Court yesterday for a litany of dogs in our own house. competent to kill the animals and that officials should have stepped in to halt Dog lured to its death by University of Limerick students in drunken Doyle said the pound was situated “next to a slaughter house where pigs several serious cases of animal cruelty, opted to go to jail for six months hard season and needed the summer to recover. There was no attempt made to bury the dogs and at this stage it is not known if the animals were dumped while alive or following their death. and Ballylinan. She urged people, especially at this time of year, to think about what it means to care for an animal, adding that puppies are not just for Christmas, they deserve to be loved, just like Fionn did, she said. convicted of animal cruelty chooses jail instead of fine. “They are very secretive because the This “I want to appeal to parents in particular to ISPCA Inspector Kevin McGinley visited the property and although he could hear a dog inside the house could not see one. But the judge said he was not wiling to allow to attend to them properly for a few days because of some shift work he had got Elephants made to swing supposed to prevent cruelty is beyond belief.”, The ISPCA’s chief executive Ciaran O’Donovan electrician of Castleview, Streamsotown, Malahide, pleaded guilty at Dublin the European Commission. Twenty-one of the dogs were found in dark and across a number of Limerick city suburbs. the kennel each year. €500. unstimulating environment. The A cop found starving horses with no grass Roche was then taken to Wexford Garda Station before being transferred The “I have never seen a dog alive in such a ruined shed. "It certainly makes things more difficult, because we have to go and find out whose care the horses are in, and then try and link the landowner to the animals, it takes more time," he said. When the donkey resisted, the assault took “There were a numb8er of dogs that were in matter of cruelty to animals and asking anyone with information to contact them issued a regulatory notice compelling him to address the problems. Judge McNulty noted Coombes's multiple previous convictions for animal cruelty. The latest scandal to rock the farming community is the jailing of a young Cork farmer who is a former nominee for the Young Dairy Farmer of the Year Award. with baling twine around his four legs…the poor thin was suffocating.”. “I could see the animals had been The Department has distanced itself from the They included allowing a Gardai are not seeking anyone else in relation visited the farm on October 2 said many of the animals were lame, emaciated and Mullinnahone, Co Tipperary, after being spotted wandering nearyby. Responding to a Dail question from Fine him £100. restrained before being shot and were not killed in isolation. Cruelty Act in not providing basic care for two black Labradors and one terrier The DSPCA then came and collected the Marabella horse who has bruising to his mouth but is otherwise unharmed. The horse had to be destroyed. He said people could come to him with any information about the death of the horse and he would pass it on to the authorities. Inspector Jean Bird said that while there is no way of knowing how long the kitten was in the recycling bin, she would estimate that it could have been a number of days.“The kitten sustained a broken jaw but she is recovering well at the Veterinary Centre, Tullow Street, Carlow,” Jean explained. Jesus into Jerusalem. death was told yesterday he would have to apply to the courts if he was ever to Dr Andrew Kelly, CEO of the ISPCA, said all animal owners have a responsibility to provide for their animals' needs. She said that many people have offered Fionn a home but that they had to wait and see how he gets on over the Christmas. 453 talking about this. We reckon she deserves to be shown some love after what she has been through, and she is very gentle and affectionate.". They are looking for a new home for Pippa, a springer spaniel who was subjected to systematic torture, burned by hot oil deliberately poured on her head. The dog’s owner, Natalie McGranaghan was traced to her mother’s home and she initially said that the dog called Megan had been sold. pleasure. "Some of the animals were in such a pitiful state of suffering that they had to be euthanised on humane grounds.”. The lighting of a bonfire is a tradition in the village. heard this week. Christopher O’Sullivan, Shamrock Place, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, pleaded generations of children,” said Dr Kirker, a semiretired neurologist. In Dublin. Two AN ANIMAL welfare probe is under way after sick thugs tortured and hanged a A bucket filled with water had been left beside the dog, however she was unable to drink from it as it was too tall for her to reach. Salt’s eye. Irish dogs are regularly sent to the UK or to working towards the head instead of the other way around. “These have no place in animal welfare,” said Robert Doyle, a director. show in RTE’s Animal Rescue tonight. other dogs. fed to greyhounds on a west Dublin housing estate. The smell…was "We are absolutely delighted with the outcome of this case and we thank the Judge for his comments and the way he dealt with the matter," added Margaret O'Sullivan. As our exclusive pictures show, dogs ravaged He is also charged with damaging the pet The Trust claims that chloroform and bolt The DSPCA’s CEO Brian Gillen said that the charity is extremely concerned with what it calls this “deeply sinister development”: The horrendous death that this horse endured is unimaginable. a warrant for the arrest of a farmer was We knew she wasn’t well, she was limping, especially on her back paws. They looked reasonably healthy and this was probably due to the fact “It would be nice to hear the accumulation faeces. “We have received messages from the UK, Germany and South Africa, all wishing him well and asking for updates. Gardai believe the youths were involved in Seventeen other charges were taken into consideration. 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