Cruelty to animals is a crime the majority of people couldn't imagine committing, causing pain to an innocent and unknowing creature. But as we see too often there are a number of individuals with a lack of empathy who treat animals in the most appalling way.
Organisations such as the RSPCA work tirelessly in order to help animals who have been treated in such a way and to bring those responsible for inflicting that treatment to justice.
Here is a round up of criminal who have appeared in front of Welsh courts for causing cruelty and unnecessary suffering to animals
