A couple have been handed a five year ban on keeping all animals after leaving a ‘skeletal’ dog so weak she could not stand.
Neal Bowden and Hayley Lane, both of Strauss Road, South Bank, Middlesbrough, were convicted of three animal welfare offences in their absence by Teesside Magistrates Court on March 22.
The court heard how a Staffordshire bull terrier dog called Angel was found by RSPCA Inspector Garry Palmer laid down on a filthy blanket with fleas crawling on her emaciated body at the couple’s house on 21 August last year.
