Tag: animal welfare
Get your dog microchipped for free
Dog owners across Birmingham are being encouraged to get their pets microchipped before a new change in the law comes into effect next month. As people prepare to bring their dogs to Crufts (10-13 March), Birmingham City Council is reminding owners that from 6 April all dogs must be microchipped and have their details registered […]
Owners ordered to pay £1,160 for letting dogs stray
Three Birmingham dog owners were today (9 July 2015) ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,160 for failing to keep their dogs on a lead. Birmingham City Council brought cases against the three defendants after they each failed to pay Fixed Penalty Notices (£80) for not having their dogs on a lead on a […]
Former veterinary nurse banned from having pets
A former veterinary nurse was today banned from keeping, owning, transporting and working with any animals for five years, after pleading guilty to one count of failing to ensure the animal’s needs were met, under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Ann Marie Nash, of Chester Road, Erdington - who admitted the charge at an earlier […]
Man Fined Over Grossly Underweight Puppy
A 23-year old man from Birmingham has been banned from keeping dogs for at least 10 years, and been given a 12 week suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to animal cruelty following the seizure of a grossly underweight puppy from his home last year. Nathan Coates, 23, of Witton Lodge Road, Birmingham, pleaded guilty […]
