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Case #10608 Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Dog suffocated to death in plastic bag
Brisbane, QLD (AU)Incident Date: Friday, Oct 13, 2006
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: woman
A Brisbane woman, 71, has been fined $2500 for causing the death of a dog she had placed in a bag and dumped in a wheelie bin.
The woman pleaded guilty in Brisbane Court to an animal cruelty charge.
She was charged by the RSPCA after she put the dog in a sealed plastic bag which was then dumped in a wheelie bin on October 13, 2006.
RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beatty said the dog and a larger dog had strayed on to the woman's yard and she suspected them of killing two of her birds.
Mr Beatty said the woman chased the larger dog away and caught the smaller animal and put it into a garbage bag.
The woman told RSPCA officers she thought there would be sufficient air to sustain the dog until the city council arrived to collect it from her bin.
However, the woman failed to call the council until after hours and autopsy results revealed the dog had died through lack of oxygen.
RSPCA senior inspector Kyle Chaplin said the animal's death was "sad and totally unnecessary".
"The dog obviously died slowly and traumatically," he said.
"However, there's another message here for all dog owners: Do not allow your dogs to roam." References
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