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Lancaster, Lancashire: Joe Whittam

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CONVICTED (2023) | persistent wildlife persecutor, dog abuser and all-round scumbag Joseph Shaun Whittam, born 7 June 1990, previously of Carnforth, Lancashire, but now of Greenset Close, Lancaster LA1

Cat killer, wildlife persecutor, dog abuser: Serial animal abuser Joe Whittam from Lancashire
Joe Whittam Whittam was disqualified from keeping all animals for life in December 2018, but officers discovered three dogs and four ferrets as his Lancaster home

Whittam, who was previously jailed in December 2018 for setting fighting dogs on a pet cat and a fox and failing to treat his dogs’ injuries, was caught breaching his lifetime ban on keeping animals.

In court on Friday 20 January 2023 he pleaded guilty to the following offences.

  • causing unnecessary suffering to a brown Patterdale terrier known as Thugly by failing to provide veterinary treatment for injuries following an encounter with a wild mammal
  • failing to take steps to ensure that Thugly’s needs were met in that he let him engage in an encounter with a wild mammal, leading to him becoming injured
Thugly had facial injuries consistent with fighting wild animals
Thugly had facial injuries consistent with fighting wild animals

He was also in breach of a disqualification order which banned him for keeping animals for life by keeping four ferrets and a dog.

In April 2021 officers from the RSPCA’s Special Operations Unit joined officers from Lancashire Police when they executed a warrant in Greenset Close, Lancaster,, due to a suspected breach of a disqualification order.

Thugly had facial injuries consistent with fighting wild animals

RSPCA inspector Jason Bowles said: “In the yard there were three hutches and two of those hutches were contained in a brick-built shelter and were positioned one on top of the other. In the top hutch, there were three adult ferrets that looked to be in normal body condition.

“Adjacent to the house by the back door there was a hutch on its own with a single adult ferret inside that looked to be in normal body condition.

“I was informed by a police officer that this ferret had just been transferred to this hutch at the start of the warrant being executed as it was loose.”

Cat killer, wildlife persecutor, dog abuser: Serial animal abuser Joe Whittam from Lancashire

A woman at the address claimed to own three dogs found at the home while Whittam admitted owning the ferrets. He was told to rehome them immediately.

Sentencing | four custodial sentences to run concurrently – 23 weeks’ custody for two offences in regard to Thugly and 18 weeks’ custody for each of the breaches of the disqualification order.

Lancaster Guardian

One thought on “Lancaster, Lancashire: Joe Whittam”

  1. Absolutely Heart Breaking.
    The prison sentences should be much longer.
    Bit Of Work The Scum Wants.
    He wouldn’t have the energy to go out Hunting with Dogs.
    Or Trapping little Animals and Setting Dogs on them.
    He Is An Absolute and Complete Waste Of Air.

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