Vet nurse banned from keeping pets after she let 61 animals die

An animal breeder has been banned from keeping pets after she let more than 60 animals die in her maggot-infested flat.

Charmaine Collins of Bournemouth, Dorset crammed 196 animals in to her two-bedroom apartment before she was raided by police and the RSPCA.

Animals including cats and dogs, birds, lizards as well as rabbits went without food and water in squalid conditions. 

Charmaine Collins, 28, let more than 60 animals die in her maggot-infested flat keeping them in squalid conditions without food or water

The two-bedroom apartment was filled with loosely-staked crates and cages filled with malnourished and dead animals

The two-bedroom apartment was filled with loosely-staked crates and cages filled with malnourished and dead animals

Officers were confronted with loosely-stacked crates and cages filled with animals and smaller creatures suffocating in plastic containers.

The court heard an RSPCA investigator found a severely dehydrated and ‘convulsing’ rabbit.

More rabbits were confined to these containers, unable to move in any direction.

The court heard an RSPCA investigator found a severely dehydrated and 'convulsing' rabbit

The court heard an RSPCA investigator found a severely dehydrated and ‘convulsing’ rabbit

Animals including cats and dogs, birds, lizards as well as rabbits went without food and water in squalid conditions

Animals including cats and dogs, birds, lizards as well as rabbits went without food and water in squalid conditions

The 28-year-old had almost every room filled with animals including the shed and communal area.

The only space free from the starving creatures was the bathroom.

A rotting carcass of an animal was found at the apartment and 30 dead guinea pigs were found in the shed. 

A rotting carcass of an animal was found at the apartment and 30 dead guinea pigs were found in the shed

A rotting carcass of an animal was found at the apartment and 30 dead guinea pigs were found in the shed

Collins began a degree in veterinary care and established an animal breeding business named Fairytales

Collins began a degree in veterinary care and established an animal breeding business named Fairytales

Matthew Knight, prosecuting for the RSPCA said: ‘There was a lack of food and water. They were abandoned. It was an appalling environment.’

Collins began a degree in veterinary care and established an animal breeding business named Fairytales.

She was known to the RSPCA, the businesswoman had ‘similar issues’ in 2016, but on a much smaller scale – two dogs and a lizard. 

Collins began her degree in veterinary care and established an animal breeding business called Fairytales

Collins began her degree in veterinary care and established an animal breeding business called Fairytales

Collins began buying large quantities of animals from fairs and travelled to Holland to purchase 70 rodents which have all been seized. 

She admitted to six charges of relating to the care of the animals and was sentenced to a 12-month community order and 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days. 

Collins has been ordered to pay £250 costs and an £80 surcharge as well as a ten-year ban on keeping any animal. 

Collins admitted to six charges of relating to the care of the animals and was sentenced to a 12-month community order and 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days

Collins admitted to six charges of relating to the care of the animals and was sentenced to a 12-month community order and 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days



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