A Leeds man has been banned from keeping animals after puppies were found crammed in cages and infested with worms.
On Tuesday May 10, John Lowther, 45, from Kidacre Park, Leeds and Marina Lowther, 43, from Farsley, Leeds both pleaded guilty in Bradford Magistrates Court to four charges of causing unnecessary suffering to animals under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. It comes after the RSPCA followed up a report that a number of dogs were in a trailer parked near to Winter’s Farm in Appleby during the travellers fair on 13 August 2021.
The pair were prosecuted for neglecting 10 of the 14 animals that the RSPCA took in. RSPCA inspectors Keith Hogben and Deborah Beats discovered the dogs were being kept in unhygienic conditions in five cages at Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria.
