Woman who let dog starve given 15-year animal ban

A woman has been banned from keeping animals for 15 years after leaving her seriously ill dog to suffer in a skeletal state.

Tanya Muriel Margaret Sanderson, 39, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to her Staffordshire bull terrier, Yogi, at Bristol Magistrates Court on 3 April.

The eight-year-old dog was unable to eat because of a hole in his nose and had been left to starve, the RSPCA told the court.

They added that sadly Yogi had to be put to sleep because of the "severity of his condition and grave prognosis".