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

Hope they have a life ban on owning any animal

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Cruel couple are jailed for 12 weeks

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

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.

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

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

Watching Crufts

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

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.

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

Just sheer deliberate cruelty.

Are those two even human?? 12 weeks?!

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

WW2
Not a very good one but..

Excellent?

Thanks Jaxjacky ?

Hard to believe how anyone can be so cruel. Makes me wonder what else this couple are capable of!! Good to learn Tiggy is now recovered and happy.

I really don’t understand how anyone can treat an animal so appallingly. Presumably they were stuffing their faces whilst it starved. How could they? I’m so pleased that he was saved and brought back to health.

I can't understand how apparently normal people can go about their day-to-day lives - working, cooking dinner, seeing friends, etc., all the while knowing that they haven't fed their pet for days/weeks. People like this vile pair need to go to prison for years, and they should have limited rations of food whilst in there.

Pair of absolute scumbags!!
I'd spit in their food if I was in prison with them.
Disgusting, foul, lowlifes.

why do people do this? I really do not understand.

No one is forced to keep a pet, so why get one and do something like this? It just does not make sense