Man banned from keeping animals after leaving dogs for days in ‘faeces-strewn’ house

A man who left his two dogs in a 'rubbish and faeces-strewn house' has been banned from owning animals for three years.

Peter Bedford, of Brierley Avenue, Whitefield, abandoned his two Staffordshire bull terriers at his home for days leaving them surrounded in broken glass, mouldy faeces and piles of rubbish, a hearing at Manchester Magistrates Court heard.

Bedford’s neighbours contacted the RSPCA in June last year after he failed to return the property for several days.

Police forced entry via a back door that had been barricaded with a mattress and RSPCA Inspector Rachel Whalley and Animal Rescue Officer Jessica Pierce removed Bedford's two underweight dogs Menace and Dorris.

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Giving evidence at the sentencing hearing on May 16, Inspector Whalley said: “I entered through the back door and into the kitchen and I was instantly hit with the strong smell of ammonia and faeces.

“There were lots of piles of faeces on the floor of the kitchen and flies flying around the room. As I continued through I entered the living room the smell continued and there were more piles of faeces on the floor.

“When I reached the top of the stairs I could see more faeces over the floor and the strong smell continued. There were bags of rubbish and clothes strewn in the hall. There were four doors and three of them were closed over with one ajar which is where the second dog was.

“This dog was a black and white, female bull breed dog. Based on her teats I could tell that she had a litter fairly recently. She was severely underweight, her rib and hip bones were very prominent.”

Menace and Dorris were taken to the RSPCA’s Greater