CONVICTED (2021) | Roland William Herron, born 28 January 1981 of 77 Jervis Street, Portadown, Craigavon BT62 3HD – for cruelty to two dogs, one of whom had to be put to sleep on humane grounds.
Herron pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering and failing to ensure the welfare of animals under Section 4 and 9 of the Welfare of Animals Act (NI) 2011.
On June 13, 2019, the local authority received a report of concern about the welfare of a dog.
On arrival at the defendant’s property, the council’s Animal Welfare Officer witnessed one dog standing in the yard, very unsteady on her feet – which were bleeding – and another dog lying in a concrete shed and struggling to stand.
Both dogs were immediately taken to a local vet for examination and subsequently one dog was removed into the care of the council and the other, under the instruction of the vet, was euthanised.
Sentencing: ordered to pay a total of £765.00 in fines and £780.00 costs . Banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
It doesn’t say much about what actually happened to these Dogs.
Except One had Bleeding Feet and the Other Struggling To Stand.
It is left to your imagination if they had been Fighting, or what caused the Bleeding Feet.
The Picture of the Dog does look in Good Bodily Condition.
It is Not Skeletal or Skin and Bones.
I know what you mean. The NI papers’ coverage of animal cruelty cases tends to be very light on detail. Frustrating!