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Karen Howel was prosecuted after her cat s Flystrike was so severe, it had to be put down A woman who left her cat to be eaten alive by maggots has been ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service. Karen Howell admitted to causing unnecessary suffering to her male cat, named Sonny, under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act. The RSPCA had prosecuted Howell, of Ockelford Avenue, Chelmsford, after concerns were raised by a vet, who was left with little choice but to put Sonny down after seeing the distress he was in. Howell had taken the cat to the vets on September 10 and initially claimed that the cat had been fine that morning.
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Karen Howel was prosecuted after her cat s Flystrike was so severe, it had to be put down A woman who left her cat to be eaten alive by maggots has been ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service. Karen Howell admitted to causing unnecessary suffering to her male cat, named Sonny, under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act. The RSPCA had prosecuted Howell, of Ockelford Avenue, Chelmsford, after concerns were raised by a vet, who was left with little choice but to put Sonny down after seeing the distress he was in. Howell had taken the cat to the vets on September 10 and initially claimed that the cat had been fine that morning.
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Karen Howel was prosecuted after her cat s Flystrike was so severe, it had to be put down A woman who left her cat to be eaten alive by maggots has been ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service. Karen Howell admitted to causing unnecessary suffering to her male cat, named Sonny, under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act. The RSPCA had prosecuted Howell, of Ockelford Avenue, Chelmsford, after concerns were raised by a vet, who was left with little choice but to put Sonny down after seeing the distress he was in. Howell had taken the cat to the vets on September 10 and initially claimed that the cat had been fine that morning.