Puppy left for dead in bin
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Ignorance and panic were blamed for a Leighton Buzzard woman discarding a puppy she believed to be dead in a wheelie bin, Luton Magistrates Court heard yesterday (Monday).
Dawn Foster, 37 of Lammas Walk, pleaded guilty to charges brought by the RSPCA of ‘causing unnecessary suffering to a puppy by placing the animal, which was suffering pain due to an injury, into a wheelie bin thereby exposing the animal to further suffering from pain, cold temperature and blood loss and failing to ensure the puppy was deceased before putting the animal into a wheelie bin exposing it to pain and suffering’.
Magistrates heard how on September 28, 2011, a dog walker had been out in the early hours of the morning and his dog had reacted to screaming coming from a nearby wheelie bin.
The man opened the bin to find a plastic bag containing a soaking wet puppy with a missing front leg inside.
He took the puppy home and made it comfortable then called the RSPCA. A vet said the puppy’s leg had been chewed off and it was in pain, had very low body temperature and suffered blood loss. The puppy had to be euthanized on welfare grounds.
Miss Foster was described in court as of previous good character, with no previous convictions or experience of the court system and was traumatised by her court appearance. Her defence also said she had never been cruel to an animal before and she genuinely believed the pup was dead.
The magistrates took nearly an hour to decide that Miss Foster should receive a fine of £250, plus pay RSPCA inspector fees of £365.91, Vets fees of £28.91 and legal fees of £444.
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