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NEW BUILDING PROJECT Our building work, to provide new kennels for our homeless dogs and a new rabbit and small animal unit, is progressing well. As you will have noticed if you have visited the Shelter recently, the structure of the new rabbit /small animal unit is in place, and the upper block of the new kennels has been built. The next stages will be to demolish the existing old lower kennel block and replace it with new kennels, and to complete all the interiors and fittings of the new buildings. There is still a long way to go, but we are pleased that the work is going well, and looking forward to the time when our animals can move into their swish new accommodation. DON’T FORGET THE RABBITS & CATS! Whilst our building work is going on, we do not have a proper rabbit unit and public access to the cattery, unfortunately, has to be severely limited. We realise this is difficult for people, and we are very sorry for the inconvenience. However, we still have plenty of cats, rabbits and other small animals waiting for adoption, so please do ask in reception if you can offer a loving home to one of these animals.
THE STORY OF OUR COLLIES The collies arrived at the shelter in February 2009 with their very own entourage of Inspectors, Animal Welfare Officers, Police and a vet! They were met by a group of staff who would be looking after them during their stay. The two mums, Flo and Beth, were given their own kennels and the pups that were still alive were placed back carefully with mum. It then took approximately an hour and a half to get all the pups to suckle. The mums were amazingly patient with their babies. Little Maff was the weakest of them all, over the next few days he was encouraged to suckle, gradually he caught up with his siblings. After lots of hard work, 10 months of care and lots of court hearings for the Inspectors, Police and Vet the collies previous owner was prosecuted and they eventually became ours. Miss Ginnie was the first to go to her new home, followed by Upsy Daisy, Iggle Piggle and then the two mums who found a lovely home together. Next it was Little Maffs turn and then Dudie Duncan went to live with one of our dog walkers. It was hard to say goodbye to them but they are all brought to visit us when they can! Bess was homed next and then Antonio. Macca Pacca, Patch and Gyp are still looking for their new homes.
Dog breeder jailed after being found with 15 dead and dying puppies trapped in suitcases A dog breeder who was found with 15 dead and dying puppies trapped in suitcases has been jailed for 20 weeks and banned from keeping animals for life. Amanda Cheadle, 58, stacked the closed cases on top of one another and locked them in a cupboard at her home near East Sussex, causing the animals starvation, dehydration and suffocation. Despite efforts to revive the ten live puppies, two had to be put down at the property while another was put down at an RSPCA shelter. She was found guilty of nine charges of causing unnecessary suffering and neglect between August 2008 and February 2009 following a four-day trial at Lewes Magistrates' Court last month. Cheadle appeared for sentencing at the same court, where she was told she would serve 20 weeks in prison for each of the charges, to run concurrently. Chairman of the bench Chris Bell said: 'We think this is an appropriate way to deal with you because of the prolonged suffering you caused to the animals in your care, which caused the deaths of eight puppies, and because of the conditions in which you kept the animals for a long period.' During the trial, magistrates were told that a member of the public raised the alarm about the squalid conditions the dogs were kept in at her farmhouse in Bell Lane, Fletching, near Uckfield, East Sussex, where she ran a smallholding. When officers visited, they found 16 adult dogs and 10 puppies in a double garage in virtual darkness with limited ventilation and hazards such as an armchair with springs protruding. Food and water bowls were placed on top of compacted faeces which was inches deep in places and appeared contaminated, and there was nowhere for the dogs to rest or sleep. Cheadle gave up ownership of the 10 puppies and six dogs, leaving her with 10 dogs which the RSPCA revisited to check on any improvements. On one of their subsequent visits dogs were heard whining and two suitcases were found locked in a cupboard under the stairs containing the dead and dying puppies. The court was told that the four puppies in one case had been dead between two and 20 hours and were about three days old. The other one in a smaller case was considerably smaller and had been dead 'some time'. Magistrates concluded that Cheadle intentionally killed or intended to kill the puppies by placing them in the suitcases, thus causing starvation, dehydration and suffocation. Also found at the house was a ginger kitten with an eye condition, which they said any reasonable owner would have sought veterinary advice for. During mitigation the court heard that Cheadle was of previous good character and had no relevant convictions. Magistrates were told she was sectioned under the Mental Health Act around the time the offences took place. Defending her, Lucinda Dore said: 'She now accepts that she perhaps behaved in a way that a person of sound mind may not have done.' She added that Cheadle also felt the RSPCA had not given her the support she needed. Speaking afterwards, RSPCA inspector Rachel Bell said: 'It was one of the most harrowing situations I've ever been involved with. 'There were a number of Collie dogs living in revolting conditions confined to a garage and two litters of puppies that had been confined to a suitcase and left to die.'
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