William Cannon and Angela Edwards pleaded guilty yesterday to 15 charges of causing unnecessary suffering to and failing to meet the needs of the animals. The couple most recently lived at Todmorden Cricket Club Caravan Park, Todmorden, Halifax.
The court heard how six of the dogs and 34 cats were found living with the couple in a two-birth caravan on a camp site in Hutton-le-Hole, Kirbymoorside. The seventh dog was being kept outside the caravan in a small cage.
Yesterday, they pleaded guilty before magistrates to 15 charges of causing unnecessary suffering and failure to meet the needs of all the animals, contrary to sections four and nine of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Both received a lifetime disqualification from keeping any animal with a restriction of 10 years from making an application to the court to have it removed. They also received a four-month immediate custodial sentence.
In mitigation, the court was told the couple provided the best level of care they could considering their 'nomadic' lifestyle.
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peoplee like this shouldnt be allowed to live.
how can they live with themselves.
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