NS SPCA lay animal cruelty charges against dog owners in three separate cases

Nova Scotia SPCA have convicted two pet owners from East Hants with animal cruelty in the seizure of a boxer in October.

Brandy, a 4-year-old boxer, was taken from the couple where she was found to be below a healthy body weight and with several sores on her body and tail. Her tail eventually had to be amputated.

Her owners, Jenny Jessop and Tyler Northup have pleaded guilty to failure to provide adequate food and water, failure to provide adequate medical attention, and causing an animal to be in distress.

Lifetime probation charges

Another couple, from Mount Uniake, have also been charged with animal cruelty by the Nova Scotia SPCA after leaving their dog out in the cold last March.

The SPCA say the the couple left their 10-year-old chow mix out in the cold and were charged with failing to provide their dog reasonable protection from injurious cold and causing an animal to be in distress.

The pair pleaded guilty to the charge of causing an animal to be in distress, and have been sentenced to a lifetime prohibition from owning pets.

In addition, the couple has been ordered to pay the SPCA $1,180.

10 years probation

Finally, John Jr. Crawley, owner of a male German sheppard, has pleaded guilty to failing to provide adequate medical attention to a dog.

The dog was found to be kept in a barn and not receiving the care he needed. He was tethered with a metal collar that had embedded deeply in his neck.

Due to the medical condition and lack of socialization of the dog, the veterinarian recommended he be put down.

Crawley has been given 10 years probation from owning pets and was also ordered to pay the SPCA $708.62 in restitution.