Tayla Jones banned from owning an animal after being found guilty of mistreating a dog
A Davoren Park woman has been banned from owning animals of any kind for mistreating her female American Bulldog, after it had three puppies.
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A Davoren Park woman has been banned from owning any animal for two years after she was found guilty of mistreating a dog.
Her emaciated American Bulldog had just delivered several puppies before it was seized by the RSPCA, a court heard earlier this month.
On Wednesday, Tayla Jones pleaded guilty in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court to two counts of ill-treating two-year-old “Kira” by failing to provide adequate and appropriate food, between October 24 and December 24 last year, and it was in an “underweight condition”.
The court heard earlier this month the RSPCA found the dog had just had pups.
Those three pups have since been rehomed.
She also failed to take reasonable steps to mitigate harm suffered by the animal, a charge sheet lodged with the court read.
The dog had a large abscess and swelling between the third and fourth digits of the left forepaw, which was emitting pus and required treatment.
A warrant was issued for her co-accused Kenneth Harvey, who did not attend court earlier in the month.
The court heard Harvey and Jones were formerly in a relationship.
For the RSPCA earlier this month, Jillian Smith said Kira was now “in good health”.
However, the court heard then it had cost the agency about $7500 in veterinary and boarding costs for the dog after it was seized.
The RSPCA is now seeking an order to rehome the dog with a “permanent carer”.
Magistrate Yoong Fee Chin said, earlier this month, her ownership of Kira would “cease immediately”.
“At the end of the day, Kira is gone,” Mr Chin said.
He said if costs incurred by the agency continued they would be likely be “very exorbitant and substantive”.
She received a $1000 three-year good behaviour bond and was ordered to pay nearly $900 in court fees and other charges.
