CONVICTED (2021) | Paul Fowler, born c. 1981, from Matson in Gloucester – seen attacking his dog in public on multiple occasions
Fowler was seen attacking English Bull Terrier Jawzie by a member of the public, who reported the incident to police.
Officers were called to the Matson area where they seized the dog under the Animal Welfare Act before she was taken to kennels.
Jawzie was checked by a vet where it was discovered that she had other injuries thought to be caused by abuse.
She was rehomed at Christmas and is now being properly cared for by a family who has owned dogs for a number of years.
Fowler pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
Police say the incident has led to other witness accounts of similar abuse by Fowler.
Investigating officer Phil Powles, of Gloucestershire Police, said: “There was lots of social media attention about the incident, so much so that a woman contacted us as she had seen Fowler beating his dog months earlier in Kings Walk.
“In total we had six witnesses to Fowler’s actions and we hope that this conviction shows how we will not tolerate animal abuse here in Gloucestershire.”
Sentencing: two-month custodial sentence suspended for 12 months. Lifetime ban on owning animals
If you haven’t got the Patience for Basic Training that A Dog Will Need.
Don’t get one in the first place.
Thank You to the Original Witness who Reported Him.
Also the Further Witnesses should have Reported The Abuse that they had Seen and Witnessed in the first place, at the time of the Individual Incidents.