jobless couple fined / banned from keeping pets for not taking sick dog to vet

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Dog eats 12 large bras, sick for 3 months
September 03, 2010 • 12:19 pm

By Diana FasanellaA British couple was fined approximately $300 and banned from keeping pets for five years after they did not seek help for their dog that ate 12 bras.

He was hooked

Rebecca Danville, 26, and her partner Stuart Lane, 28, told a Grimsby Magistrate court they could not afford to take their Rottweiler, Molly, to the vet because they were jobless, The Sun reports.

Molly weighed half the weight of a normal Rottweiler and suffered from a distended stomach, which took up her entire abdomen, when she finally was taken to the vet after three months of vomiting and obvious emaciation.

Veterinarian Michael Jefferson removed a bundle of 12 bras weighing 11 pounds from Molly’s stomach. Jefferson said some of the underwear included underwires and was from a woman with a fuller figure.

Molly has now been handed to new loving owners in Lincolnshire and is described as “happy” and “healthy” after making a full recovery.

http://blogs.app.com/saywhat/2010/09/03/dog-eats-12-large-bras-sick-for-3-months/