John Gosnell - Grasmere Road, Blackpool

25/02/2017 20:47

Blackpool man left 74 animals to starve
https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/

 

OAP who left animals to starve in gross state of neglect banned from having pets
https://metro.co.uk
 

Surviving degus found at Grasmere Road. John Gosnell, 72, has received a lifetime ban on keeping animals. Picture from RSPCA

Dead rodents found at Grasmere Road. See Ross Parry story RPYBAN; A pensioner has been given a lifetime ban on keeping animals after leaving more than 70 rodents and reptiles to starve to death in his home. John Gosnell, 72, abandoned his pets in such horrific conditions in his Blackpool home that out of the estimated 74 animals, only three degus and one rabbit survived. The degus had turned to eating the corpses of their dead cagemates to survive, despite being herbivores in the wild. RSPCA inspector Carl Larsson, said: ìThis was one of the most disturbing investigations I have ever been involved with during my time with the RSPCA.

 

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