{"id":493573,"date":"2025-10-12T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/493573\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:38:10","slug":"north-london-woman-banned-from-owning-animals-after-starving-puppy-nearly-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/493573\/","title":{"rendered":"North London woman banned from owning animals after starving puppy nearly to death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman from North London has been banned from owning animals for five years after her French bulldog puppy was found close to death from starvation.<\/p>\n<p>Paige Whitechurch, of Roman Road, Muswell Hill appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates\u2019 Court on 4 September 2025, where she pleaded guilty to failing to meet the welfare needs of her seven-month-old dog, Leo.<\/p>\n<p>On 8 February this year, Whitechurch took Leo to a vet in a severely emaciated and collapsed state. He weighed just 3.34kg and had a body condition score of one out of nine. A vet confirmed he was suffering from hypothermia and described him as being in a life-threatening condition caused by prolonged starvation.<\/p>\n<p>An expert witness vet said, \u201cLeo presented in a life-threatening condition consistent with prolonged nutritional deprivation. It\u2019s possible he had also been left outside in cold weather, contributing to his critical hypothermia. His emaciation, blood abnormalities, and musculoskeletal underdevelopment suggest long-term undernourishment. He was at immediate risk of death and unlikely to have survived without urgent intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitechurch told the vet she had been in hospital and unable to care for Leo. The vet raised concerns about her ability to meet the dog\u2019s ongoing welfare needs.<\/p>\n<p>Leo made a swift recovery under veterinary care, gaining 2kg in just ten days. He was then taken into the care of the RSPCA, where he has fully recovered and has since been rehomed.<\/p>\n<p>RSPCA Inspector Shahnaz Ahmed, who led the investigation, said, \u201cHe was bright, alert and mobile, and his body condition had clearly improved since he was first brought in \u2013 which was estimated at around three out of nine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitechurch was banned from keeping animals for five years and ordered to pay \u00a3500 in costs, a \u00a3120 fine, and a \u00a348 victim surcharge.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard that she had been experiencing health issues, but in sentencing, the judge said, \u201cLeo did not end up in that condition in a short space of time according to the veterinary evidence, and you failed this animal despite your own personal problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \ud83d\udce9<br \/>\n  <br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-1-e1749297433790.png\" alt=\"North London woman banned from owning animals after starving puppy nearly to death Harrow Online\" style=\"max-width: 200px;margin: 10px auto\" title=\"North London woman banned from owning animals after starving puppy nearly to death Harrow Online\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333\">Get the latest breaking news, roadworks, crime updates and local events straight to your inbox \u2013 totally free, every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SIGN UP below<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman from North London has been banned from owning animals for five years after her French bulldog&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,7833,257,7834,32938,12,58893,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-493573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-harrow-online","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-london-news","14":"tag-muswell-hill","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-north-london","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115361238925516806","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}