Breeder convicted of causing suffering withdraws appeal

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AN APPEAL against animal cruelty convictions by breeder Nadia Carlye at Gloucester Crown Court has been withdrawn.
The 34-year-old had denied nine charges of causing unnecessary suffering to 19 Utonagan adult dogs and puppies at her cottage at Lydbrook, Forest of Dean.
A district judge sitting at Forest of Dean Magistrates’ Court had banned her from keeping dogs for 12 months, conditionally discharged her for three years and ordered her to pay £300 compensation after she was convicted of four charges during a prosecution brought by the RSPCA.

Filthy

But the Crown Court heard last week that Carlyle had withdrawn her appeal against the July conviction and so the appeal was formally dismissed by Judge William Hart.
During the trial, RSPCA prosecutor Martin Prowle said that Carlyle kept up to 30 dogs in filthy conditions at her small home. The animals were confiscated by the RSPCA and police at the time of her arrest.
District Judge Cooper was told that despite being taken directly to the vets, two of the puppies died that day. Mr Prowle said the death of the dogs was significant due to the conditions they had been found in and the short amount of time between when they were removed and when they died. “The results of the post-mortems supported that they were suffering due to the conditions they were kept in,” he said.
RSPCA officer Gary Lucas, who visited the home and authorised the removal of the dogs on November 8, 2006, told the court: “The untidiness and smell is what we first noticed when going into the house.
“The smell of ammonia, faeces and urine hit me immediately and the further we went in the stronger it became.
“It began to affect my eyes. All the windows were closed and there was no ventilation. The cages the puppies were kept in were standard size but the bedding material was dirty, wet and had dried faeces in it.
“There were rubbish bags in the compound at the back of the house. They were piled up and contained chicken bones and faeces wrapped in newspaper.”
He added: “My view is that this did not accumulate over a day, but had built up over days and weeks.”
The defendant has since moved to Wales.