Woman spared jail after forcing NINE dogs and two cats to live in faeces-covered house

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A woman has been spared jail despite forcing 11 animals to live in disgusting conditions. She has been handed a 10-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, after allowing cats and dogs to suffer appalling conditions in her faeces-covered home.

The woman has been banned for keeping all animals for five years. Louise Tucker was told by magistrates she had come 'very close to imprisonment' after theanimals.

The animals included two female cats and nine adult dogs, including two Staffordshire bull terriers, five chihuahua crosses and two crossbreeds - were discovered living in squalor at the property in Butler Street, Blackpool in June 2022. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Tucker, 42, denied causing unnecessary suffering and failing to provide the animals with a suitable environment, but changed her plea to guilty at a trial on July 12 and 13 this year, according to animal charity, the RSPCA.

Screenshots from a mobile phone used as evidence in the case, which was brought by the RSPCA, also showed she had been selling puppies, with one chihuahua cross being advertised for £450.