'Barbaric device': man fined for catching neighbour's cat in steel jaw trap

'Barbaric device': man fined for catching neighbour's cat in steel jaw trap

Rosewater man convicted of using a steel jaw trap to maim a neighbour's cat has been given a six-month good behaviour bond and fined.

Neighbour row explodes over pet cat as drunk resident fined for assault and criminal damage

A man has been fined for assault and criminal damage following an explosive row over a neighbour’s cat in Worcester.Paul Boyden, 18, arrived home from the pub in a drunken state when he lashed out after noticing the pet.The homeowner had been looking after the animal following the death of her neighbour. The teenager was annoyed that the neighbour’s cat had been let into the house, Worcester Magistrates Court heard.On February 18, Boyden, who wa…

Rosewater man, 71, convicted after trapping cat in steel-jaw trap - Australian Seniors News

A man who admitted to leaving a cat suffering for two hours in a steel jaw trap he had illegally set in his backyard was convicted on animal cruelty charges in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday. The 71-year-old Rosewater man was convicted on a charge of ill-treatment of an animal in a manner prescribed by the Animal Welfare Regulations 2012, thereby causing serious harm to a cat. He was also convicted for setting a steel jaw trap in …