A woman kept 90 dogs at her home in 'horrendous conditions', depriving them of food and water and forcing them to live surrounded by faeces and urine, a court has heard.
Julie Newcombe, 42, was found to have been keeping the animals in an 'entirely unsuitable environment' that RSPCA officers said was 'amongst the worst [they] had encountered in 20 years'. Officers also found a dead dog in a van outside the house, and a number of decomposing puppies.
Newcombe denied one offence under the Animal Welfare Act but was found guilty of not ensuring the needs of the animals were met. At a sentencing hearing at Newport Magistrates Court yesterday (Thursday October 27), she was banned from keeping dogs for five years, reports WalesOnline.
