I have just seen this, don’t look if the sight of a starving dog upset you

Pity we haven’t got a picture of the recovered dog to cheer us up.

Are those two even human?? 12 weeks?!

You can get dog food from the food bank for heaven's sake.
They look well fed themselves.

Just sheer deliberate cruelty.

This makes me so angry. It is so easy to look after a dog - just some food, love, warmth, the odd trip to the vet and in return you get so much love, devotion and fun. You can get dog food from the food bank for heaven's sake.

How anyone can go about their life knowing that an animal in their care is hungry or suffering is utterly beyond me.

I'm so happy that Tiggy is well and going to a loving home.

Same here Callistemon. Enjoying the shepherds. My young dog has been watching but he’s asleep now

Watching Crufts

I do hope they have a truly miserable time in prison.

And I agree, Callistemon21, 12 years is a far better sentence.

We followed Tiggys story right from the beginning as the animal rescue that looked after her is just up the road from our vets. It’s amazing how they nursed her back to health. It’s beyond me how anyone can be so cruel.

Cruel couple are jailed for 12 weeks

It should have been 12 years.
God help any children this evil pair may have.

It upset me. But happily I did read to the end of the article.
The lurcher in question was rescued and honestly is now the picture of health. Looks like a different (happy) dog to be honest.

Such cruel owners. Beggars belief how some minds operate.

I did look and it did upset me. How can anyone starve a defenceless animal? There are some very cruel people in this world.

I saw the picture and headline but couldn’t go further....

That’s just awful, poor little dog. I’m all for alternatives to custody but not for violence. The treatment of theory defenceless dog is unforgivable. Dangerous people. I hope they don’t have children.

It's good that they have been banned from keeping pets for a lifetime - that should be automatic in any cases of animal cruelty. Shame they weren't given longer jail sentences though. I would make them suffer the same way they made that poor dog suffer.

I saw that too Shinamae dreadful people. The lurcher looks a completely different dog now thank goodness.
Yes Anniebach they were given a lifetime ban on keeping any pets.

Hope they have a life ban on owning any animal