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Cruel dog owner filmed attacking his Patterdale terrier


A man who was filmed battering his terrier after it had caught a rabbit has been benned from keeping animals for three years.

Jon Soley, 33, from Darlington, Co. Durham was seen on mobile phone footage shown to a court forcefully kicking his Patterdale terrier, Billy.

Onlookers could be heard laughing and cheering as Soley repeatedly hit the small dog in the face with the dead rabbit.

Kevin Campbell, prosecuting on behalf of the RSPCA: 'He struck the dog and caused it to suffer. Anyone who treats a dog like that causes it to suffer.'

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Soley had denied unnecessary suffering to the dog, and another of failing to meet its needs by not seeking veterinary treatment for a mouth ulcer, but was found guilty at Newton Aycliffe magistrates' court.

He also admitted two offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of possessing a cage trap and attempting to take a wild bird.

As well as a three-year ban on keeping animals, Soley was given a 12-month community order with 80 hours of unpaid work.//He must also pay court costs of £1,200, a £60 victim surcharge, and vet fees of £360.

Billy was signed over to the RSPCA and magistrates ordered the destruction of the mobile phone and bird cages.

Soley was arrested during dawn raids in May last year as part of Operation Stockholm - a joint initiative by the RSPCA and Darlington police to tackle animal cruelty in the area.


Full article, photographs and video here...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...icking-it.html

He hit the poor dog in the face and kicked it because it had caught a rabbit? I wonder what else he had done to poor Billy.



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Azz
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18-09-2014, 11:40 AM
Shocking perhaps he would have been better off getting a muzzle or keeping the dog on a lead.
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Musher
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19-09-2014, 07:30 AM
Remind me please what were terriers bred for?
Oh, and perhaps the fact they are still 99.8% wolf mitochondrial DNA may have something to do with the fact he caught a rabbit as well.
Even one of my own rabbits is fair game when one my huskies gets loose. I let them eat it. Serves my right for not taking precautions at lockup time. Besides, they won't learn not chase and kill rabbits. They're dogs(99.9%). You're not gonna train them to not kill rabbits by hitting them with it. More likely inadvertently teach the dog to hate rabbits so much they'll just want to kill all of them..
Speaking from my own experience, responsible stewardship!

PS. I wonder if anyone or anything ate the rabbit. Pity to waste a life.
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Lacey10
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19-09-2014, 11:35 AM
So happy that poor wee dog has been rescued.How vicious is that?Person responsible is pond scrum IMO..no strike that,I wouldn't insult the pond scrum by comparing.Individual laughing is no better.Both should be banned for owning any animal.....for life!!
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