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Please can anyone help???

Please help | 04.04.2010 11:45 | Animal Liberation

Breeding hell hole - Newark

This is a description of the situation from someone who has visited the property:

"This is about a Guinea Pig/Rabbit Breeder in Nottingham. This man is seriously neglecting the animals. The animals are living in terrible conditions and are in very poor health. He’s using them as breeding machines just to make money. He visits the Fur and Feather auction on a regular basis selling and buying stock. Most look to be pregnant, they have fungal infections, scabs to their ears and noses, very thin, sore feet, broken nails, long nails, mites/parasites, dirty and very smelly. Below is what happened to some of them:

2 boys both look like they’d been attacked by something like a cheese grater, huge holes in their backs( open wounds) and sitting depressed and fluffed up the holes had infection oozing out of them and most of the hair had gone from their backs. They also had fungal on their faces and looked in agony!

One guinea pig had 6 dead babies Saturday morning and was still laying there with blood oozing on Sunday afternoon, unable to sit or stand. She had big bite wounds underneath and hair missing on her legs and belly.

Photographs were taken but the RSPCA have never even asked to see them.

Also another girl had her hair peeling off with a layer of skin under her belly, there were dead babies laying on the floor behind her.

There was a bonfire in the middle of the garden with burning bodies of guinea pigs,rabbits,baby g-pigs and baby rabbits as well as chickens, the chickens that were alive were dragging the bodies out from the fire and trying to eat them.. In the rabbit shed the rabbits were in appalling conditions, mice were crawling out of the cages and rats were running about on the rafters.. There were dead baby rabbits in with their mums.

The breeder said he doesn’t believe in vets as they cost a fortune so he knocks them on the head and throws them onto the bonfire. He is also killing the male rabbits as he’s not sold any since November and having them for dinner, he says it’s not worth taking them to the auction and only getting £1 for them. So he kills them, the pet shops aren’t buying from him lately neither.

On Saturday there was a body of a dead guinea pig on the bonfire waiting to be burnt, he said she died the day before and the 3 day old baby that was running around in the shed was hers.

The whole place is sludgy, the Guinea pigs are kept on a shed floor on Straw, fed Rabbit food that was wet through, the water was in a old chicken feeder and was thick and sludgy. He had babies in the sheds breeding with one another. A 4 day old baby running around on its own screaming for its mum. The Rabbits are in small disgusting old tatty hutches lying in there own faeces and all wet.

MR HUBBARD The Willows doddington lane, off main street dry doddington newark NG23 5JB

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Any further or more concrete details?

04.04.2010 11:56

You mentioned photos, unpleasant as they may be, is there anywhere to see this evidence? There's not much that can and will be done on the basis of an anonymous internet posting.

anon


Link to photos

04.04.2010 12:02

Photos


RSPCA cruelty line

04.04.2010 12:15

I would try contacting the RSPCA again. Their cruelty line is 0300 1234 999.

They prosecute animal owners/breeders for offences much less serious than this, so I would expect them to take this seriously.

Caroline


Take action

04.04.2010 13:03

 http://nikkipilk.sc10.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/burglar.jpg


or

 http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Citizen%27s-Arrest

^^^^^^^
If you an prove he is clearly breaking animal cruelty laws, perform a peaceful citizens arrest and call the police. Even if it doesn't work there would such a kerfuffle that the police would take notice.

AA


I've visited this sty

04.04.2010 15:35

I actually went there earlier this week. Its locally renowned as being an absolute state and it looked to me as though he must have cleared up for the 'easter rush', although it was still well beyond grim. We've called the RSPCA and I'm hoping for a response, but you never quite know with them. The hutches were all cramped and filthy, rabbits are severely matted, some had the most horrendous claws I've ever seen - think massively over grown and caked in poo. There were mice sharing the food bowls and all the females were being bred repeatedly. The guineas that were on show didn't look too bad, although males were in with females that had just given birth, so no doubt they're pregnant and nursing at the same time. And a couple of the babies had eye infections. One of the females even gave birth while I was stood there, there was nowhere for her to hide or nest. It was all pretty sickening.

bunnies


voice of the rspca...

04.04.2010 17:54

 http://www.rspcanottingham.co.uk/
"The Society is aware that images have been circulated in relation to this incident but we are unable to confirm their date or exact location.

Advice has been given by our Inspectors to improve the conditions for the guinea pigs and rabbits and although they are still not perfect, the Society is unable to do more at this stage."

Notes CONDITIONS ... ARE STILL NOT PERFECT and
THE SOCIETY IS UNABLE TO DO MORE AT THIS STAGE!


"As mentioned in the above statement, any concerns should be made directly to the National Cruelty line on 0300 1234 999 where the Regions Inspectorate receive their work load."

all quotes from the local RSPCA website

anon


Eating rabbits?

04.04.2010 18:40

I know people breed rabbits for meat, but is it illegal to kill pet rabbits to eat them? I mean, they're a species that has been domesticated over hundreds, if not thousands of years. It would be illegal to kill and eat a labrador in this country, so would it be illegal to do the same to a lop rabbit for instance? I'm not entirely sure where the lines blur in the eyes of the law

Wondering


Totally shocking

05.04.2010 11:05

This is grim beyond belief.

The poor souls! The RSPCA ought to get to this evil place pronto! All this cruelty to innocent animals is absolutely terrible, unfair, ghastly, dastardly, etc.

Francis H. Giles


2006 Animal Welfare Act details

06.04.2010 10:29

 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/pdf/ukpga_20060045_en.pdf

See page six and eleven for details on offences that seem like they've been committed in this case.

Concerned


Animal welfare act

06.04.2010 11:06

4 Unnecessary suffering
(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) an act of his, or a failure of his to act, causes an animal to suffer,
(b) he knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the act, or failure to
act, would have that effect or be likely to do so,
(d) the suffering is unnecessary.

9 Duty of person responsible for animal to ensure welfare
(1) A person commits an offence if he does not take such steps as are reasonable in
all the circumstances to ensure that the needs of an animal for which he is
responsible are met to the extent required by good practice.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, an animal’s needs shall be taken to include—
(a) its need for a suitable environment,
(b) its need for a suitable diet,
(c) its need to be able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns,
(d) any need it has to be housed with, or apart from, other animals, and
(e) its need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.


From having visited, I could clearly see that he is in breach of every single one of the above.

bunnies


Sincere thanks

06.04.2010 11:56

Have just phoned RSPCA HQ regarding this rabbit breeder. It's 1 p.m. RSPCA say they are looking into this shocking cruelty.

I hope this man's evil cruelty is stopped. I hope someone keeps us updated re this cruelty. My most sincere thanks!

Francis Giles


RSPCA

06.04.2010 12:46

When I rang the cruelty line I was told I would get feedback once the case was closed. Given that it says on the Notts RSPCA site that they are 'unable' to do any more at this stage and that they are monitoring the situation, I would imagine that any feedback will be a long time coming, if indeed we hear anything back at all.

bunnies


Go in and GET THE ANIMALS OUT!

08.04.2010 00:40

What sort of "animal rights" people have put up posts asking "can anyone help?"

If the fact that the RSPCA would help / didn't help was your beef then you should have rescued the animals and THEN displayed photos after you rescued them. By posting this up you have alerted them that "The ALF are coming" and hindered a rescue. If you were able to get in to take photos you can get in and get those poor creatures out of there.

Just do it for fucks sake.

anon


As you are so well aqcuainted with this scumbag's movements...

08.04.2010 00:46

...you can rescue those poor babies out of there surely? If you are animal rights you will stop fucking around on your computer, you will get in your car and go and get them. You could have, should have organised a rescue. Surely there is someone who can go with you? The conditions are disgusting, no one can argue with a rescue. What are you waiting for?

Get them out of there and do it soon.

anon


'What are you waiting for?'

12.04.2010 15:13

Why haven't they been? Well why haven't you been? Why haven't I been when it comes to that? Its all relative. I've not been because I have no transport to get there, nowhere to keep that many animals and no money to get them the treatment that they clearly need. So whats your reason?

If you know that you can't do something yourself shouldn't you ask for help rather than just doing nothing? Granted they may not have gone about it in the best possible way but they've bought this to peoples attention and at least thats a step in the right direction surely.

So why don't you 'stop effing around on your computer' and go organise a rescue if its that easy? 'What are you waiting for?'

Anon