Warning: Contains distressing image. RSPCA Officers rescued a female Rottweiler, a male German Shepherd, and five Rottweiler puppies from the Wolverhampton home of Amarjit Chopra
Curzon Street in Wolverhampton
A man who abused animals and kept them in appalling conditions including next to dead dogs has been sentenced.
RSPCA Officers rescued a female Rottweiler, a male German Shepherd, and five Rottweiler puppies from the squalid Wolverhampton home of Amarjit Chopra.
The 40-year-old barely fed the seven dogs and his property was saturated with faeces and urine.
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One of the dogs was found tethered to a treadmill which was next to a cage containing a dead dog.
Chopra, 40, of Curzon Street, Wolverhampton, pleaded guilty to two animal welfare offences, at Birmingham Magistrates Court on September 26.
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The court heard harrowing details of when they discovered the emaciated dogs in September 2024.
RSPCA Animal Rescue Officer, Ash Moore, who investigated for the animal welfare charity, said: “The whole property was covered with dog faeces and rubbish, the first room also contained multiple plastic bottles filled with urine.
“Moving into the second room where there was a dog crate filled with faeces and the skeletal remains of a dog.
“Also present was a treadmill with a dog lead and collar attached.
The dog (pictured above) was discovered tethered to a treadmill, next to a cage which contained the a dead animal(Image: RSPCA)
“The police had entered shortly beforehand, and had removed the live dog (pictured above) which had been tethered to the treadmill, by the side of the cage which contained the remains of a dog.
“The first floor consisted of two bedrooms and a bathroom.
“The first bedroom at the top of the stairs was also absolutely saturated with dog faeces with the remains of a dog.
“The second bedroom and bathroom was consistent with the rest of the property covered in faeces and rubbish.”
The vet who examined the dogs found both adults to be malnourished and emaciated.
Both gained weight with the correct food and care and all the dogs, including the puppies, have been rehomed by the charity.
In mitigation, Chopra said he was looking after the dogs for a friend and acknowledged that he fell significantly short in dealing with the animals.
He said he was struggling with anxiety and depression and had very little income and went without food.
He was handed a 10 year animal disqualification, which cannot be appealed for five years, and a 12 month community order with 20 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days.
He was also ordered to pay £50 in costs, a £70 fine and a £114 victim surcharge.