Canine’s pores and skin left ‘rotting away’ by merciless proprietor who confirmed ‘no regret’ in court docket
A dog needlessly suffered by the hands of her merciless proprietor who confirmed “no remorse” as she was jailed. Newfoundland Lily, aged 9, was discovered swollen and septic, together with her pores and skin seeping pus from contaminated sores. Rebecca Dowbenko, 53, of Fairfax Road, Bradford, failed to hunt remedy for her pet who was additionally affected by rib accidents in addition to different well being points.
The canine’s face was swollen and septic with contaminated sores because of both struggling blunt drive trauma to the pinnacle or the expansion of a tumour, YorkshireLive reports.
The canine’s pores and skin tissue was rotting away, which left a “horrific” odor, RSPCA inspector Demi Hodby stated. Lily was additionally discovered coated in paint the defendant stated had rubbed off from a moist wall.
The court docket heard that when the RSPCA visited Dowbenko’s dwelling in Fairfax Road on January 4, 2022, Lily was in a really poor state of well being and it appeared she had been deteriorating for a number of months.
The canine was in horrible ache and he or she was taken to the RSPCA Greater Manchester Animal Hospital for remedy, however the prognosis for her was so poor that sadly she needed to be put to sleep to finish her struggling. Dowbenko, the court docket was informed, didn’t comply with up appointments with the PDSA charity.
Dowbenko appeared at Bradford Magistrate’s Court for sentencing on May 4 after beforehand pleading responsible to a cost of inflicting pointless struggling by failing to offer correct and mandatory veterinary take care of the canine below the Animal Welfare Act 2006. She has been jailed for 12 weeks and banned for 10 years from preserving animals.
In a press release to the court docket inspector Demi Hodby stated: “Lily had a very large, swollen face and mouth. Her face was oozing with pus and infection. She was lethargic and when she walked it appeared like she was having to think and calculate in her head each of her steps.
“She was in poor physique situation and because of the an infection Lily smelt horrifically. She spent most of her time throughout the go to mendacity on the ground subdued and torpid. I requested [Dowbenko] if the canine was below veterinary remedy and he or she stated she had not been to the vets however was going to name them that day.”
A vet concluded there was a “vital chance” that Lily’s injuries were not accidental, although the facial damage may also have been caused by a cancerous tumour. A post-mortem showed she was suffering from osteomyelitis, with evidence of dead bone on the left side of the face, as well as chest trauma. She was also suffering from a rare form of dermatitis.
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They said: “It is my opinion that Lily was allowed to undergo on account of her proprietor failing to current her for well timed veterinary evaluation and remedy of a number of, severe well being situations regardless of acknowledging the canine was in ache for extended intervals.”
The vet noted that the defendant failed to follow up a call to a PDSA clinic highlighting a burst abscess on the side of the dog’s face in November 2021.
It was said Dowbenko “persistently didn’t comply with vet recommendation from 2017 to 2021”. In mitigation, the court was told she was suffering from poor mental health.
She was sentenced to a further two weeks imprisonment to run concurrently to her 12-week sentence after admitting failing to attend court on March 2.
No costs were imposed but she was told to pay a victim surcharge of £154 with magistrates telling her: “You have proven completely no regret for the extended interval of struggling which you might have induced this animal. That struggling was brought on by your complete neglect of Lily”.