A woman has been banned from keeping animals after she kept three dogs in appalling conditions.

The RSPCA investigated Laura Hall after receiving report of an underweight dog and overbreeding.

Animal rescue officer went to her home on Lincoln Close, Tyldesley, and they found the dogs enclosed in their own urine and faeces.

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The dogs were in three crates stacks on top of each other in the living room.

One dog, a Staffie called Zeus, had suffered several urine scales and other Bulldogs, called Pearl and Rocky, were also found to be suffering.

At Wigan Magistrates Court Hall, aged 21, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Animal Welfare Act.

She was placed on a 12 month community order and told to do 100 hours of unpaid work.

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When the animal rescue officer entered Hall’s home she said the smell of ammonia and faeces was so overwhelming she struggled to breathe.

The officer said in a statement to the court: “The living room was full of rubbish and hazards all over the floor. I saw three dog crates stacked with one dog in each that were overflowing with faces and urine. There were hundreds of flies flying around the room and the crates. 

“There was a Staffordshire Bull Terrier in a small crate which had a large puddle of urine on the floor and next to this was a slightly larger crate with a Merle bull breed dog covered in faeces. There were two empty bowls and nowhere dry or clean for the dog to sit or stand.

“On top of this crate was a smaller crate with a French bulldog in, this again was covered in faeces and the dog had nowhere clean or dry to sit. The faeces from the crate was overflowing and falling into the crate below.”

Following the visit police were called for assistance and the canines were seized and taken to RSPCA Greater Manchester Animal Hospital for treatment.

A vet who examined the dogs said that as well as the unsuitable environment the dogs were confined in, Zeus was suffering from a urine scald on his scrotum and two scalds on his paw pads. Both of the other dogs’ feet and legs were caked in faeces and urine.

The vet said the dogs were likely to have been suffering for several weeks.

The court imposed deprivation orders against Hall in respect of Zeus and Rocky, who are being cared for at RSPCA animal centres and will be rehomed in due course.

Pearl had already been signed over to the RSPCA and the animal charity has found her a new home.

The defendant was also told to pay court costs of £1,082.40.