It is a myth that dogs are safe and loved if they have a home. There are those cruel owners who make the lives of their pets living hell and some even get away with it. Not the man in question. A dog owner has finally been jailed after a year after his defenceless pooch was found unconscious and covered in blood because of horrifying injuries.?
50-year-old Gary David Bell of Keighley, West Yorks, was arrested on suspicion of beating his American Bulldog and charged with three offences under the Animal Welfare Act.
Last year a RSPCA inspector found the dog, Smiler, seriously injured at her owner's home. "I went to Bell's home with police after having a couple of dealings with him about his dog Smiler...and becoming increasingly concerned about her. Initially there was no reply, then myself and one of the police officers heard heavy breathing through the ground floor bathroom window.
I was horrified to see Smiler in the bath with a bloodied tea towel on her head,” Mirror UK quoted ?Sarah Bagley as saying.?
She immediately took Smiler to a vet who informed her that the injuries were not accidental.?
Bell denied the offences of metting out cruelty towards his pet. However, this month he was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering, inflicting trauma and failing to provide veterinary attention. He has been jailed for 16 weeks and forever banned from keeping animals for life.?
This however, is not one of its kind case.?
A dog who was subject to six years of misery was rescued with almost no fur.??The Akita, named Keeta, was found in a bad condition at an address in Derbyshire.
RSPCA rushed the dog to vets who said they had not seen a dog with such severe dry eyes before.
The last time the dog was taken to a vet was in 2013.
The dog's owners Hayley Langton, 23, and Derek Yeomans, 69 pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a dog between August and September last year. However, both have been disqualified from keeping dogs for a period without limit.
A lot of consideration should go into the decision of having pets: you should have a welcoming and friendly home, you should have time for your future pet and, most importantly, you should be able to afford its living.
Animals fall sick and need treatments just like we do, and at times those can be expensive. This is a no-brainer. What's sickening is when some of us blame a sick animal for its condition then give it hell when the bill at the vet's office turns out to be huge.
A video of a man, thrashing his dog at the vet's office, went viral last year. The sick man, hurled his ailing dog because the bill from its treatment was expensive.?
In the video one can see that the man in grey shirt almost tears the dog off from the hands of the vet who was about to put the?dog in a cage.?
?After that, the man hurls his own dog to the ground with all its might. The dog seems to be lying there motionless but the man did not stop there. He starts kicking his dog in the face and neck area! Thankfully one of the nurses/attendants, angered by the man intervenes and kicks and pushes him away from the already sick dog.We absolutely share the sentiments of the woman. How can a person who has lived with an animal be so cruel towards it only because its medical bill was expensive?
In another case of animal neglect, a dog with six new born puppies was found abandoned and tied to a chain in a field in County Roscommon, Ireland.
The poor dog was spotted by a walker and the puppies were so young that they had not even opened their eyes yet.?The dog and her puppies?were quickly taken to ISPCA National Animal Centre in Longford.?
If people cannot handle the responsibility of having pets, the solution is simple- do not have one.?