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Animal cruelty dogs given reprieve

Three dogs which were seized from two properties in east Belfast during an investigation into animal cruelty have been given a last-minute reprieve and will be placed in the care of an animal rescue sanctuary.

A total of five adult dogs and four puppies were taken from the Kirkwood family home at Island Street in the city in November 2011, while another dog was seized from a house at McAllister Court.

The four puppies were successfully rehomed at the direction of the USPCA and while three adult male dogs taken from Island Street were almost immediately put down as they were self-harming and aggressive, a court order was made concerning two female lurchers, and also the whippet cross Staffordshire taken from McAllister Court.

The order to destroy the two lurchers and the Staffordshire cross was made at Belfast Crown Court in March this year, when their owners appeared in the dock on charges of animal cruelty.

However, a Crown application to vary the previous court order was granted on Wednesday by Judge Donna McColgan.

The application was made to vary the destruction order to a disposal order under the Welfare of Animals (NI) Act, 2011, on the grounds that the dogs will be placed into the care of an animal rescue centre outside this jurisdiction, until such time as they are accessed as suitable to be permanently rehomed.

If this is not possible, the dogs will remain in the care of the rescue centre.
http://www.u.tv/news/Animal-cruelty-...2-72dfeb03077d

I hope they will be able to be rehomed.

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