A Scots woman has been banned from owning animals for ten years after animal welfare inspectors discovered she was keeping dogs, cats and other animals in "filthy" conditions.
Patricia Steven, 53, from Cardenden in Fife, was found to have housed 11 cats - some of them young kittens - among exposed insulation in a loft with an open hatch. The felines were "scratching themselves incessantly" and were "distressed", according to Scottish SPCA inspectors.
Steven, who has also been handed a 108-day tagging order, also left an elderly black Labrador and a Staffordshire bull terrier to forage for themselves among dirty bin bags. The black Lab, named Shadow, has since been euthanised on welfare grounds, while Cordy the Staffy has been rehomed.
