CONVICTED (2022) | badger baiter Wayne Mortimer, born 18 December 1974, of 47 Nant-Y-Fedw, Mountain Ash CF45 4LS – failed to take his two seriously injured dogs to the vet.
Mortimer’s Patterdale terriers were found with multiple scarring to their heads and necks and were said by a vet to have suffered unnecessarily for at least three days because of his failure to seek treatment for them.
The most severely wounded terrier, Jack, was missing 75 percent of the skin and tissue from his lower jaw.
RSPCA inspector Simon Evans, accompanied by police officers, visited Mortimer’s home on 25 November 2021 following welfare concerns for the dogs.
They found five Patterdale terriers and a lurcher puppy living in purpose-built steel kennels in a shed in the garden, with one of the dogs visibly injured.
In his evidence to the court, Inspector Evans said: “I saw a small, black, Patterdale type terrier with a white patch on its chest. This terrier appeared to have an injury to its lower jaw and the wound looked to be yellow with pus.
“I looked inside and examined the injured dog more closely. The wound was extensive, covering the whole area beneath the dog’s chin reaching down to the throat.
“It had been completely stripped of skin and hair and was red raw and covered in sawdust shavings, making it look yellow. One of the other Patterdale terriers also had an injury to its lower lip and this too looked raw.”
Both dogs were seized by police and taken immediately for veterinary treatment by the RSPCA.
In her statement, the examining vet said Jack was missing “a significant amount of skin and subcutaneous tissue from the mandible, which resulted in no normal tissue present for approximately 75 percent of the lower jaw”.
The root of the terrier’s left canine was exposed and there were also wounds to his nasal septum and multiple small lacerations to his upper lips, cranium and eyes.
The other terrier, Race, had an unhealed wound on his left ear, a laceration on his chin and bilateral conjunctivitis.
Both dogs had healed scars on the head and neck in multiple areas and additional scrapes and wounds which were only a few days old.
When Mortimer was interviewed by Inspector Evans on 6 December he told the officer the injuries had been caused by the dogs fighting.
He said he’d treated the wounds himself using disinfectant and antibiotics purchased off the internet but had been too frightened to take them to a vet as he was worried he might be suspected of using them to bait badgers.
He also told the inspector that the injury to Race had occurred about 12 months earlier following another fight with Jack, and the historic scarring to the dog’s face was as a result of bolting foxes on land controlled by a gamekeeper friend.
A second independent veterinary expert who provided evidence in the case, said he believed the injuries were likely to have been caused by the powerful bite of a badger, which would have held the terriers in a “vice-like grip.”
He said: “The chin injuries sustained by the dogs are not consistent with having been caused by fighting with each other when taking into account the severity of the facial tissue damage and tissue loss.
“It is highly likely that these injuries were caused as a consequence of them fighting with a badger.”
Both vets agreed that Jack and Race had been suffering due to Mortimer’s failure to seek veterinary care.
Mortimer pleaded guilty to three animal welfare offences when he appeared following a prosecution by the RSPCA.
Jack and Race are doing well in RSPCA care and the charity is looking for new homes for them. The other dogs seen at Mortimer’s property have since been rehomed.
Sentencing | 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. 40 hours of unpaid work; a total of £528 in costs and charges. Banned from keeping dogs for ten years but may appeal after five years.
Bit Of Work The Scum Wants.
He wouldn’t have the energy to go out Lamping, Hunting, Digging, Bagger Baiting, or whatever else he has been up to, before he got caught. If his Dogs looked like that, imagine what the poor Animals he set them on went through.
Scum won’t have no luck for what he has done.
I am actually originally from down that way, where he lives.
I can imagine what his Neighbours think of him.
His Daughter will be picked on.
The sad thing is, he has brought her up the same as Him.
He has brought shame to his Family.
He has not brought shame to his family at all and you all shouldn’t believe anything you read on social media you all need to get a life it’s sad really all of this contains fake news
The Photo Of That Dog (Clearly Needed Veterinary Care).
It is obvious that couldn’t be treated at home by anyone.
I personally have a Small Farm and am a Qualified Veterinary Assistant. Also with multiple Animals and the correct set up.
So I would say I have got a Life and have many years experience, of Training Showing and Rescue.
It is actually The Court Reporters Who Prints it to the Newspapers and On Line Newspapers.
Social Media just Comments After.
Excuse me Maria he works! And his daughter has just lost her son so I’d take your comment elsewhere absolutely disgusting for you to say this they haven’t even told the truth on this post
As sad as that is, how is it relevant to the vile actions that led to his conviction?
Like It Or Not.
The Photo Of That Dog Is Absolutely Disgusting.
(It Clearly Needed Veterinary Care).
It is obvious that couldn’t be treated at home by anyone.
As for taking the comment elsewhere.
That is what this site is for and all about.
We speak up for the voiceless.
I personally have a Small Farm and am a Qualified Veterinary Assistant. Also with multiple Animals and the correct set up.
I also have many years experience, of Training Showing and Rescue.
I hope one day’s someone human takes him away and does the same to him on a much greater scale. Scum nonce beast animal killer. All the same hang em. No place on earth for these scumbags 100%
Shares my fathers taste for animal cruelty? Want my receipts from the over 5 grand I just paid to recover my dog from parvovirus? get all the facts right as well when you start posting articles because if it was badger related he would of had a prison sentence and dogs seized from the property where as they haven’t took all the animals in the property so how much of a threat really is?
Expert veterinary evidence showed that the dogs’ injuries were consistent with badger baiting and imo he should’ve also been prosecuted for wildlife crime. At least he’s on the radar of we ‘antis’ now (and will be for the rest of his pointless life). If you had any decency about you, you’d disown this person and keep any children you have away from him. But you are also involved in hunting, that much is obvious from your FB profile.
If You Vaccinate All Dogs With 2 Full Vaccines.
They won’t come down with Parvo Virus Full Stop.
I use a (6 Week Parvo Only Vaccine, for a 6 Week Old Pup), and then (Booster With The 2 Full Vaccines At 8 & 12 Weeks Old).
I then only Booster mine Every Other Year until they die of old age.
Always use the Farm Vets, they are Much Cheaper than the Small Animal Practices.
For Instance the Penderyn Farms wouldn’t pay them kind of Prices, that the Small Animal Vets Charge, and they use them regularly for Sheep Cesareans ect.
I am originally from down that way, and used Capron in Pontypridd, until the late 90s, as he was a Farm Vet. Not sure who has got the Practice now, they may be still Farm Vets, and its not far from you.
My Farm Vets only Charge about £17.00 for A Full Dog Vaccine. But if you haven’t had them Vaccinated, they will need 2 Full Booster Vaccinations.
Much cheaper than spending thousands as you put it.
I have pulled Older Rescue Dogs Through Parvo Virus.
But younger Pups usually Die as they haven’t got the Resistance.
Those Injuries haven’t got there by themselves now have they.
It is obvious, the ones that need Veterinary Treatment are going to be Confiscated, and they will Prosecute.
Both vile individuals who are hiding behind a sh*t load of excuses! Been caught so now stop abusing or using animals in this barbaric way, hope karma does her work