A Tauranga man has been jailed for four and a half months for neglecting his two dogs
A Tauranga man has been jailed for four and a half months for neglecting his two dogs
24 January 2019
Louis Delves was sentenced after pleading guilty to four charges relating to failing to ensure the physical, health and behavioural needs of the animals.
The SPCA believes it's the most significant jail sentence for mistreating animals since a Gisborne man was jailed for nine months for bashing his dog in the head in 2016.
Comms Manager, Jessie Gilchrist, says SPCA prosecutions don't often result in a jail sentence.
The two dogs had lost 40 per cent of their body weight and were infected with intestinal worms and fleas when an SPCA inspector visited Delves' property in Whanganui in June 2017.
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