A man banned from keeping animals for 20 years appeared at Bath Magistrates’ Court this week to admit a breach of his disqualification.
In December 2023 farmer Kim Rendall, from High Littleton, near Bath, received an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and was ordered to do 300 hours’ unpaid work after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to his dog, Daisy.
He had dragged her along a road by a rope attached to his car, then hid her and failed to get her veterinary treatment.
Daisy had to be put down due to the extent of her injuries.
On Monday, 20th April, prosecutor Paul Kelly told magistrates that 67-year-old Rendall had breached his disqualification order as a collie dog called Rooster had been found in a vehicle he was driving in Bristol on 11th February.
Mr Kelly said there was no indication that the dog was being mistreated.
Duty solicitor Mark O’Donnell told the court that Rendall had been taking Rooster, who belonged to his mother, for exercise at the time.
Rooster has now been rehomed away from the defendant’s family.
Rendall, who sobbed in the dock during Monday’s proceedings, was fined £169, ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £68 court surcharge.
