MAN STARVED SEVEN DOGS AND KEPT THEM NEXT TO DEAD ANIMALS
A man who abused animals and kept them in appalling conditions including next to dead dogs has been sentenced.RSPCA Officers rescued a female Rottweiler, a male German Shepherd, and five Rottweiler puppies from the squalid Wolverhampton home of Amarjit Chopra.
The 40-year-old barely fed the seven dogs and his property was saturated with faeces and urine.
Chopra, of Curzon Street, Wolverhampton, pleaded guilty to two animal welfare offences at Birmingham Magistrates Court on September 26.
The vet who examined the dogs found both adults to be malnourished and emaciated.
Both gained weight with the correct food and care and all the dogs, including the puppies, have been rehomed by the charity.
He was handed a 10 year animal disqualification, which cannot be appealed for five years, and a 12 month community order with 20 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days.
He was also ordered to pay £50 in costs, a £70 fine and a £114 victim surcharge.
In mitigation, Chopra said he was looking after the dogs for a friend and acknowledged that he fell significantly short in dealing with the animals.
He said he was struggling with anxiety and depression and had very little income and went without food.
