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20/06/2019
Belfast Man Sentenced For Animal Welfare Offences
A Belfast man has received a ban from keeping animals for 15 years after he was convicted of four animal welfare offences.
Harry Todd, from Joanmount Park in the north of the city, was sentenced to five months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months on each count at Belfast Magistrates Court on Tuesday 18 June.
It comes after he caused his dog unnecessary suffering and abandoned more than 150 pigeons at an address on the Ballysillan Road.
The prosecution case was brought by Belfast City Council after a report from a member of the public who was concerned for the welfare of the birds. The person also informed staff of a dog carcass which was in an upstairs room of the property.
Animal welfare officers visited the address on 02 November 2017 and found the partially skeletonised remains of a dog, a number of dead pigeons and 153 pigeons deemed to be suffering.
The offender was also ordered to pay costs of £79.
Harry Todd, from Joanmount Park in the north of the city, was sentenced to five months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months on each count at Belfast Magistrates Court on Tuesday 18 June.
It comes after he caused his dog unnecessary suffering and abandoned more than 150 pigeons at an address on the Ballysillan Road.
The prosecution case was brought by Belfast City Council after a report from a member of the public who was concerned for the welfare of the birds. The person also informed staff of a dog carcass which was in an upstairs room of the property.
Animal welfare officers visited the address on 02 November 2017 and found the partially skeletonised remains of a dog, a number of dead pigeons and 153 pigeons deemed to be suffering.
The offender was also ordered to pay costs of £79.
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