Cruel poser's terrier shame; CRIME: Dog was chained to tyre and had 69 wounds.Byline: By Steve Bradley Steve Bradley is an American professional wrestler who has competed on North American independent promotions throughout the 1990s including East Coast Wrestling Association, IWA Puerto Rico and the National Wrestling Alliance as well as spending over three years World Wrestling A MAN struck a pose for a Mail photographer minutes after he was handed a suspended prison sentence for his cruel treatment of a pit bull terrier pit bull terrier or Staffordshire terrier Dog breed developed in 19th-century Britain for fighting other dogs in pits. It was created by crossing the bulldog (which at the time was longer-legged and more agile) with a terrier, possibly the fox terrier. . West Bromwich magistrates heard that Mohammed Fedar, 20, had mistreated the dangerous dog, which is believed to have been used for fighting. The two-year-old dog, of a type banned in this country, was found to have 69 wounds when he was seized by police and the RSPCA RSPCA (in Britain) Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals RSPCA n abbr (Brit) (= Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) → SPA f from a squalid backyard in Westfield Road, Smethwick, just doors from where unemployed Fedar lives with his family. An examination by vets, shown on video to the court, portrayed an underweight Underweight An situation where a portfolio does not hold a sufficient amount of securities to satisfy the accepted benchmark of the portfolio's asset allocation strategy. Notes: dog with a leg infection, a high temperature and countless gouge gouge (gouj) a hollow chisel for cutting and removing bone. gouge n. A strong curved chisel used in bone surgery. gouge a hollow chisel for cutting and removing bone. marks which left its face punctured and swollen. Acting on information from neighbours in December 2006, RSPCA inspectors visited the house, also owned by Fedar's family, and found the dog on a chain attached to a car tyre in the yard. It had a ramshackle shelter which was open to the elements on one side, and a cracked water bowl. The yard was littered with faeces, and the dog had been given only a dirty old rag for comfort. Fedar claimed he had taken the dog in to his home after finding it in a park three or four days before the raid, said RSPCA prosecutor Nick Sutton. "When asked why didn't he take it to the vet, he gave a wholly inadequate answer," Mr Sutton said. Mr Sutton said a pit bull expert had said at least one of the deep gouge marks had been made just two days before the rescue. One of the wounds shown on the video was big enough for the vet to put his finger inside. Magistrate Keith Barnfield said only a custodial sentence was appropriate and handed Fedar a 20-week sentence at a Young Offenders' Institution, suspended for a year. Outside, Fedar first pulled up his hood to avoid being photographed but quickly relented and said: "I may as well strike a pose for you." He later discovered the car he was leaving in had a parking ticket. CAPTION(S): Mohammed Fedar striking a pose and below, his pit bull terrier. DM130209DOGS-02 |
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