A cruel pet owner has been banned from keeping animals for 20 years after punching his dog in the face and allowing it to be hit by a train. Cameron Casson allowed his dog to walk without a lead at a railway station in Lancashire and she was struck by a slow-moving train.
The puppy, named Cali, was just ten-months-old when she was wounded at Bane Lane Station near Morecambe on July 19 last year. Casson was handed an eight-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months after the court heard details of how the Staffordshire Bull Terrier was wounded.
A witness who was on the station platform reported seeing Casson punching Cali, who was later picked up by a dog warden and taken to a vet in Lancaster where she was treated for wounds on her back and tail, as well as bruising around her eye. The vet also found evidence that Cali's fur was contaminated by oil, LancsLive reports.
