A woman has been banned from owning pets for 12 years after RSPCA inspectors discovered one of her cats eating another’s body after she abandoned them.
Leanne McConnell's cats had been left alone for so long that one of them died of thirst and starvation, while the other, along with a dog, were found emaciated and distressed. McConnell's home was also in a disgusting state - with rubbish and animal faeces littering the floor and a strong smell of urine.
It was in the filthy downstairs bedroom that inspectors found a cat, which McConnell called 'Fat S***' eating the remains of McConnell's other cat 'Tilly', the Liverpool Echo reports. The surviving cat had a matted coat and protruding bones, Sefton Magistrates' Court heard.
