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| Bradford puppy farm dumped dead dogs in wheelbarrow | Bradford puppy farm dumped dead dogs in wheelbarrow |
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| A puppy farm selling dogs for £300 was keeping the animals in squalor and dumping dead ones in a wheelbarrow, a court has heard. | A puppy farm selling dogs for £300 was keeping the animals in squalor and dumping dead ones in a wheelbarrow, a court has heard. |
| Bernadette Nunney and John Wilcock advertised their puppies as being raised in a family home. | Bernadette Nunney and John Wilcock advertised their puppies as being raised in a family home. |
| But the dogs were severely malnourished and ill from being kept in their own filth with no food at a Bradford farm. | But the dogs were severely malnourished and ill from being kept in their own filth with no food at a Bradford farm. |
| Nunney and Wilcock were given 20-week suspended prison sentences and banned from keeping dogs for life. | Nunney and Wilcock were given 20-week suspended prison sentences and banned from keeping dogs for life. |
| Customers complained to the RSPCA after several of the puppies died days after being bought. | Customers complained to the RSPCA after several of the puppies died days after being bought. |
| The charity and police seized 43 dogs when they raided the farm on Tyersal Lane last September. | The charity and police seized 43 dogs when they raided the farm on Tyersal Lane last September. |
| The RSPCA filmed the conditions and have also released images of the dead puppies in a wheelbarrow (pictured below), which some people might find distressing. | |
| One of the dogs in the pile of carcasses was actually alive but later died from the parovirus vomiting bug. | One of the dogs in the pile of carcasses was actually alive but later died from the parovirus vomiting bug. |
| RSPCA inspector Emma Ellis said: "What I saw that day will stay with me forever. | RSPCA inspector Emma Ellis said: "What I saw that day will stay with me forever. |
| "The sight of the live puppy buried within the pile of dead puppies was heartbreaking. There was nothing we could do to save her. | "The sight of the live puppy buried within the pile of dead puppies was heartbreaking. There was nothing we could do to save her. |
| "The way those puppies were left to die highlights how these people simply see them as commodities which I find totally unacceptable. | "The way those puppies were left to die highlights how these people simply see them as commodities which I find totally unacceptable. |
| "Dozens of dogs were being kept at the address in stables and kennel blocks. | "Dozens of dogs were being kept at the address in stables and kennel blocks. |
| "Many had no food, no water, no bedding, and all of them were living in their own filth." | "Many had no food, no water, no bedding, and all of them were living in their own filth." |
| Nunney, 25, of Tyersal Lane, was found guilty of six charges while Wilcock, 36, of Sticker Lane, Bradford, admitted five cruelty offences on the opening day of their trial at Leeds Magistrates' Court. | Nunney, 25, of Tyersal Lane, was found guilty of six charges while Wilcock, 36, of Sticker Lane, Bradford, admitted five cruelty offences on the opening day of their trial at Leeds Magistrates' Court. |
| Magistrates found Nunney guilty of four charges of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and two of failing to ensure the needs of animals for which she was responsible. | Magistrates found Nunney guilty of four charges of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and two of failing to ensure the needs of animals for which she was responsible. |
| Both were sentenced to 20 weeks in prison suspended for 18 months and were each banned from keeping dogs for life. | Both were sentenced to 20 weeks in prison suspended for 18 months and were each banned from keeping dogs for life. |
| Nunney was handed a 12 week curfew order, ordered to complete a 15-day rehabilitation activity and ordered to pay £500 in costs. | Nunney was handed a 12 week curfew order, ordered to complete a 15-day rehabilitation activity and ordered to pay £500 in costs. |
| Wilcock was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and a 20-day rehabilitation activity. He was also ordered to pay £100 in costs. | Wilcock was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and a 20-day rehabilitation activity. He was also ordered to pay £100 in costs. |