Nicola Hood (31) and her husband James Hood (40) have admitted 9 counts of animal cruelty after RSPCA officers raided their property and discovered a total of 69 pets. Not only the animals were in bad condition, but also the couple’s 5 children were at risk of contracting diseases, RSPCA officers even found a 9 month old baby in a bed with sheets covered with bird droppings. The couple thought of their home as an ‘animal sanctuary’, they were taking in animals from friends and other people in order to save their lives.
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I have mixed feelings about this article, I think the couple really meant well, they wanted to save the animals that otherwise would have been put down, but I think the situation got out of hand. In my opinion, they should have contacted local animal shelters and asked for help. I really don’t understand that even when their own kids were prone to getting disease, it didn’t occur to them they needed to take drastic countermeasures in order to improve the conditions for both their children and their animals.
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I have mixed feelings about this article, I think the couple really meant well, they wanted to save the animals that otherwise would have been put down, but I think the situation got out of hand. In my opinion, they should have contacted local animal shelters and asked for help. I really don’t understand that even when their own kids were prone to getting disease, it didn’t occur to them they needed to take drastic countermeasures in order to improve the conditions for both their children and their animals.
