WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Kristopher Morgan, 36, failed to take his poor pooch Buddie (pictured) to the vets after noticing a growth on his neck and a lack of appetite that left him malnourished.
Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court heard that the couple fed the white faced marmoset the wrong and did not have space in their homeĀ in Rhondda Cynon Taf, to look after the creature.