Three Slough residents have been banned from owning pets after Slough Borough Council acted to help three dogs, two degus and a snake.

The cases were all held at Reading Magistrates Court.

Case one.

Mohamed Fida, 31 of Colonial Road was banned from keeping animals for three years on Wednesday after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to his American Bull Breed Bruiser.

Bruiser was found by council officers covered in pressure sores due to lying on hard flooring over a long period of time with no bedding, outside and surrounded by his own excrement.

He paid no attention to the officers when they attended and could barely get to his feet.

Mr Fida was also sentenced to a six-month community order with a three month curfew and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £85 and council costs of £2,000.

Bruiser has been rehomed, renamed Dougie and is receiving all the love and attention he deserves.

Case two.

Oana-Andreea Costin, 30 of Warrington Avenue was banned from keeping animals for 10 years on March after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering and failing to ensure the welfare of her American Bull Breed Aisha.

Aisha was rescued in August 2016 after being found permanently wearing a ‘pinch-type’ collar – which tightens painfully on movement, tethered in several places in the garden without adequate shelter, bedding or free movement.

Ms Costin also received a £671 fine, a £67 victim surcharge and was ordered to pay £1,000 in costs.

Unfortunately, Aisha due to her long term mistreatment was found to be too aggressive and uncontrollable to be rehomed and was put to sleep.

Case three.

Emma Ditch, 37, of Aylesbury Crescent, was banned from keeping rodents and reptiles for two years after being found guilty of not meeting the needs of a German Shephard Champ, two degus and a snake.

Ms Ditch also received a £25 victim surcharge and was ordered to pay £500 in costs.

Champ, the degus and the snake have all been successfully rehomed.

Linda Corcoran from the council’s neighbourhood enforcement team, said: “When we see animals being kept in such horrendous conditions we have no choice but to take them away for their own safety.

“Every pet has the right to live in a safe, suitable environment and in these cases these poor creatures were being kept in situations which were neither safe nor suitable.”

Councillor Paul Sohal, commissioner for regulation and consumer protection, said: “We do not tolerate animal cruelty to any animal whether they are as big as an American bull dog or as small as a degu and we have shown again we are willing to prosecute people who are willing to put their pets, and in some cases their neighbours, through such misery.”

Anyone concerned about the welfare of a pet, a dog which is permanently kept in a garden with no shelter, or causing a nuisance please call the neighbourhood enforcement team on 01753 875254.