A CROYDON woman who failed to take her sick rabbit to a vet has been fined and barred from owning another pet for two years.
Liwen Hang failed to appear in Burwood Local Court when the matter was dealt with last Tuesday, but was convicted and fined in her absence, after an RSPCA inspector gave evidence that the sick female rabbit was found in a dirty cage last year.
The inspector immediately took it to a vet.
The rabbit’s body was described as being thin and it was given treatment for a suspected pasteurella infection.
After a two-week course of treatment the rabbit’s symptoms improved and her body weight increased 29 per cent.
Following a court hearing, Ms Hang was convicted and fined $800.
ANIMAL CRUELTY
* Liwen Hang, of Croydon, was fined last week after failing to provide her rabbit with veterinary treatment
* She received an $800 fine, and was ordered to pay $79 court costs, more than $71 transcription costs and more than $500 vet and boarding costs
* Ms Hang is now prohibited from owning an animal for the next two
* Liwen Hang, of Croydon, was fined last week after failing to provide her rabbit with veterinary treatment
* She received an $800 fine, and was ordered to pay $79 court costs, more than $71 transcription costs and more than $500 vet and boarding costs
* Ms Hang is now prohibited from owning an animal for the next two
Found on the Inner West Courier website.
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