LSPCA

A Laois man who allowed his two Boxer dogs to starve to death on his property was jailed for 5 months and banned from ever owning an animal. the Judge at Portlaoise District court heard , on the 27th February 2009, that the two boxer dogs died from starvation and were left for up to 10 days before being discovered by ISPCA Insperctor Brendan Hughes, the compalint was made to the ISPCA National Cruelty Helpline. The bodies of a male and female dog were found lying in a small kennel in the back garden of the property. Both animals were in a state of decomposition. Inspector Hughes commented, " The female boxer weighed just 10kg, which is underweight for an animal that can be expected to weigh as much as 26kg." The accused told the Inspector that he had last fed the dogs on Dec 9th 2007 but when he returned form a trip to Dublin on the 12th December 2007 they were dead, he believed the dogs had been poisoned, however a post mortem had shown no poison in their system ant that they had died from starvation.

 

A woman was convicted of animal cruelty at a special sitting of Portlaoise District Court  on May 7th 2008. The charges related to a large number of dogs which she kept in appalling conditions at a rented house in Abbeyleix. A total of 46 dogs, predominantly Greyhound and Saluki types, were removed from the property by ISPCA personnel.
On Thursday 13th March, 19 dogs were found in a yard strewn with a deep layer of farces and old animal bones. These dogs were removed on veterinary advice and a further 8 were handed over by the accused. In addition to their desperate living conditions many of these dogs were found to have serious injuries from fighting. In the course of further searches it was discovered that many more dogs were being kept in squalid conditions within the house and 19 more were removed on Wednesday 9th April. The court heard ISPCA and Garda witnesses describe how conditions within the house were so bad through the build up of faeces and urine that it caused their eyes to water uncontrollably and made breathing difficult. In her defence, which she conducted herself, the accused claimed that she was rescuing the dogs. Judge Haughton said that he had no hesitation in convicting her, adding that in all his time on the bench he had never seen anything like this situation. He imposed fines of 500 euro and banned the accused from owning, keeping or being in charge of any dog or dogs for the remainder of her life. He imposed an order allowing the ISPCA to rehome the 46 dogs which had been removed and held
 

On Friday 11th April 2008 in Portlaoise District Court a man with an address in Durrow Co Laois pleaded guilty to cruelty to a horse. He was ordered to pay 3367 euro expenses to the ISPCA and was fined 260 euro for cruelty to the animal. The accused was ordered to be available to ISPCA Inspector Brendan Hughes at any time to inspect any animal in his care and warned by failing to cooperate would result in a jail sentence. This case was taken to court by Garda Shearon Bolger Abbeyleix Station. The mare's condition has continued to improve since being taken into the care of the ISPCA and once rehabilitated, will be available for re-homing.

Chestnut Mare with very severe wound to its right back leg. There was a large amount of infected proud flesh to the fetlock area of the mare and severe swelling up to the hock area. A pungent odour came form the infection and puss diffusing from the infected area also. The mare was in poor condition for her height and stature. The case was taken to court by Garda Tara Mulhall and the owner was fined with additional costs to the ISPCA
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These poor Rottweiler pups were rescued from Mountmellick. Three adult dogs and
several puppies as well as a large number of birds were removed from
appalling conditions. All the dogs unfortunately had to be put to sleep. This case was
brought to court by Garda Joe Flynn from Mountmellick Garda Station and
the owners were successfully prosecuted.

 

Shimmer was rescued in pedigree corner in Co. Laois and was taken
to NAC longford. She has fully recovered from her injuries. The head
collar was embedded in her nose causing great pain and a large area
of infection. Garda Ann Boland from Ballylinan garda station brought the
case to court. Here are before and after pictures.

 

The LSPCA were called out to investigate a situation in Arles. We found a mare, a foal and another male horse and on closer inspection we could see that the foal's back left leg was very badly broken. Bones were sticking out of the wound and the leg was swollen and infected. Flies were constantly on the wound. At that point we knew nothing could be done for the foal so unfortunately it was put to sleep.

The mare had a very bad swelling on her back leg. The leg looked fused and she was unable to put her full weight on it. She also seemed to find it difficult to move her front right leg and was finding it extremely hard to walk. Her right hoof was packed with dirt and was very overgrown and there was also traces of thrush in it. She had lots of milk and was in danger of getting mastitis as the foal had been to sick to drink from her.

The mare had to be stabled with little food to hep dry up the milk and was also given an injection to speed the process up. er right front foot had to be bathed twice daily and sprayed with an anti-bacterial spray to help clear up the trush. She also had to be injected with antibodies for five days and was put on pain killers in he food twice daily.

We were led to believe that the mare may have been with a stalion the previous week which in itself was an extreme act of cruelty as, since she was unable to sustain the weight of her own body on her back right leg, how was she expected to sustain the weight of a stallion while mating.

Sores began to break out on the mares's back leg and even with lots of medical attention we had no choice but to put the mare down. Unfortunatley this case never went to court.

We recieved a phone call about an injured pony. On arriving at the scene we saw two nervous ponies in the field. The small pony had severe injuries to its head caused bu a nylon rope which had been put on the pony as a type of head collar. The rope had been on the pony for some time and the pony's head had obviously grown around the rope thus causing extreme infection and would have made it very difficult for the pony to eat. The pony seemed to be in a lot of pain.

The vet advised tat the pony was in too much pain and that the injuries were too extensive to treat and that it had to be put down.

This case went to court and the owner was charged with beating the pony and being abusive to SPCA representatives.

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