Man Charged Under New Dog Fighting Law
A Walsall man has admitted four charges under a new dog fighting law in the UK.
Clayton Beard, from Walsall, admitted the charges including a new charge of having items for use in training animals to fight.
The prosecution comes after Beard was found to have three wounded dogs, a treadmill and veterinary items at his home in the West Midlands.
He admitted possessing and causing unnecessary harm to the dogs including one dog, found in a cage suffering from more than 70 wounds.
The RSPCA have stated they believe dog fighting to be on the increase in the West Midlands over recent years with dogs smuggled from the continent and Ireland.
RSPCA inspector Ian Briggs told BBC News.
“The Animal Welfare Act came into force at the start of April last year and that brings in a new offence of possessing for use an item adapted for the training of an animal to fight,”
“So the treadmill and all that fall squarely under that legislation so we are extremely pleased we have got this first prosecution.”
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At least the dog was still alive and well, an RSPCA vet would have killed the dog, injured or not.
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Alex, the dogs are stated as being pit bull terriers. Theres no chance of the owner getting them back registered (and rightly so) but the dogs will still be killed if they arent already.
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No win situation for the dogs. Who has prosecuted Mr Beard, the police or is it the RSPCA acting as a charity funded by the general public but acting as an enforcement arm of the government? If it is the RSPCA they are therefore using donations that people make for the general helping of animals but are being used to bring prosecutions that other organisations should be bringing?
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