Jail for woman who mistreated cats

A Taranaki woman is facing three months in jail for mistreating cats.

Last year Lynne Walker was banned from owning cats for five years, fined $4000 and sentenced to 300 hours community work on 20 charges of failing to ensure the needs of an animal were being met.

On March 4, the SPCA was again called to her home near New Plymouth, and found a number of flea-infested cats and kittens, three of which were taken to a vet for treatment of corneal ulcers and conjunctivitis.

Walker has been sentenced to three months imprisonment, with leave to apply for home detention. She has again been banned from owning cats.

- NEWSTALK ZB