RSPCA Induced Hell

WRITTEN BY LYNN STOKER

New laws make it imperative that your animals are contained when anyone comes to your door or your house. If your dog nips a visitor it is now as much a crime as if they nip someone in the street.

Sensible to crate them then? Not if that visitor is the RSPCA or police.

Take a look at one of the photos presented by the RSPCA to the media. Could these dogs have lived in this crate as the RSPCA claimed? Notice the white material on the floor of the crate. How long do you think that could have stayed so white?

Do the dogs look starved? Dirty? Abused?

Read on for the side of the story of one woman’s trip to an RSPCA induced Hell that gave the RSPCA an influx of very saleable dogs and the sort of publicity they crave.

It all started at the end of November 2018 when a rspca card was left at my gate. I replied to the card immediately and spoke to a Hiedi Cleavor rspca officer.

She told me that my neighbour had phoned in saying one of my cats had a runny eye. Not knowing what the rspca were like i invited her up for a afternoon visit. During the conversation I said that I had bred chihuahuas and Hiedi had said chihuahuas were the most popular breed in the charity and would I be kind enough to donate some to them.

I told her my dogs were precious to me and no way would i ever place them into a sanctuary. 

However we arranged a date to suit us both and when she arrived she sat in her van for sometime as if she was placing a microphone under her clothing.

We met and I showed her around my property and when she saw my chihuahua she remarked

“This is exactly what we are needing,they will be in and straight back out.“

Again i said to her you couldnt put the likes of these into a charity, tThey are all quarantined here.

She made a agreement If i was to help them she would help with veterinary fees, wormers, vaccines ect. 

Again i refused until she sat down and said she had come with a empty van and expected to take at least 10 dogs away with her.

She said she wouldnt leave until she got what she wanted.

At random and my head all over the place I picked up 9 chihuahuas, 1 british bulldog and a x-breed.

She said she would ask when she got back to base if rspca would pay for a health check for my elderly pony ,Amy. She left saying to her colleague Cath Maddison:

“That was a very rewarding afternoon” 

as she closed the van door.

She said she would like to get intouch sometime in the following year to see how my chihuahuas were getting rehomed .

It was the following day she rang me to say she was delighted with the dogs and permission had been granted to send a vet out to see Amy. However we found her to be totaly dishonest as i will enclose a writen statement that repca had said its up to the owner of the animal to pay for her a

Amy died due to old age just before the xmas and i phoned Hiedi up and questioned her as to why a vet never arrived.

I questioned and questioned her regarding the dogs she had gotten from me and she lied and lied until we had a complete breakdown and she told me my britishbulldog had ended up at a santuary in Hexham.

We traced this up by phoning an RSPCA charity shop in Hexham and found out she was in kennels outside Hexham.

I rang Cleavor and asked why she had been lying again. At this point she said the dog no longer belonged to me and therefore I could ask no further questions.

Things went quiet for a few week when again she rang me saying she was going to get a private vet out for me.

She wss going to microchip, worm, vaccinate and neuter all of my dogs which tnumbered 100. I told her I didnt believe her and wanted something in writing before she would ever be allowed in my property again.

She told me she couldnt do that and rspca wouldnt put anything in writing.

She called again a few days later and left a message on my answering machine saying she would be calling on a certain date with a vet to do the work she had spoken about.

I phoned her back saying the date wasnt convenient and i didnt trust her. We at this time had a complete breakdown. However on the date she stated when i arrived home from shopping, here she was parked outside my home with an rspca vet.

Again i told them until i recieved something in writing they would not be getting into my property.

YOUR PROPERTY SHOULD BE YOUE SAFE HAVEN AND YOU SHOULDNT ALLOW ANYONE INTO IT IF YOU DONT FEEL SAFE.

They had to go empty handed.

I started to get friendly calls from Chief insoector Michele Charlton, begging me to help them by handing over my chihuahuas.I believe it was on the 3rd or 4th phonecall she threatened me saying if i didnt give them what they wanted SHE was going to make my life hell. This was on the Thursday before May bank holiday On the Tuesday morning after the holiday RSPCA vans arrived with P.C BAKER. P.C BAKER had placed an unlawful warrent.

On the 8th of May 2019 the rspca arrived at my door with P.C.Baker. 

For all Chief inspector Charlton had told me she was delighted with the dogs i had handed over and she wanted more, she had never been to my property or seen the rest of my dogs. 

YET SHE HAD PHONED P.C. BAKER AND ASKED TO PLACE A WARRANT.

THIS WARRANT HAD BEEN UNLAWFULLY PLACED BY P.C.BAKER AS NEITHER HE NOR SHE HAD BEEN TO MY PROPERTY NOR HAD P.C.BAKER EVER SPOKEN TO ME.

THE WARRANT HAD BEEN PLACED A MONTH BEFORE SEIZURE AND YET P.C.BAKER DIDNT THINK IT WAS NECESSARY TO CALL AND SEE ME AND MY DOGS.

Because I knew the rspca incentive was to steal my dogs I put up a fight to protect them.I had agreed to bring 10 dogs into the house at a time for Jaqui PATERSON to health check them. 

It didnt suprise me but 4 police officers brought me to the ground and arrested me so i was unable to witness her health checking my dogs.

When i arrived back home they had ransacked my home taking everyone of my dogs, 2 cats, my tortoises, they had even stolen my vivarium and all electric equipment that went with it.

Shortly within rspca care my dogs started to go down with SUSPECTED Parvo.

My quarantined healthy happy little dogs were fighting for there lives.

Photographs enclosed.

In court JACQUI PATTERSON Perverted the cause of justice, saying on the 8th May, day of seizer she hadn’t taken any photographs.

AGAIN I HOLD ALL EVIDENCE OF HER AND HER COLLEAGUE. THEY HAD TAKEN 100 PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE 8TH MAY. .JUST BECAUSE JACQUI PATTERSON INSTRUCTS HER COLLEAGUE TO HOLD THE CAMERA DOESNT COUNT FOR NOT TAKEN PHOTOS.

THE EVIDENCE SHOWN IN COURT BY HER WERE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AFTER MY DOGS HAD TURNED POORLY AND IN HER CARE. EVIDENCE AGAIN OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY HER CAMERA.

HOWEVER FORALL OUR EVIDENCE WAS SUPPORTED BY AN UNLAWFUL PLACED WARRENT AND JACQUI PATTERSON’S DISHONESTY, THE JUDGE, STEVEN EARL, SWEPT ALL UNDER THE CARPET.

IN THE LOWER COURT I WASNT ALLOWED TO DEFEND MYSEL, ONLY ALLOWED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ,,, NO MORE.MY BOW LEGGED BULLDOG ,,,NADIA WAS PUT TO SLEEP BY JACQUI PATTERSON ON THE 19TH OF MAY,,,, ELEVEN DAYS AFTER THEY HAD TAKEN HER.

Chief Inspector Michele Charlton had phoned me that day saying she had went down with an infection and she had a chest infection.

AGAIN SHE HAD WENT DOWN WITH SUSPECTED PARVO ,,,regrettably i gave permission to put her to sleep.

THEY COVERED THIS UP IN COURT AND ONCE MORE WE PROVED EVIDENCE AND JUDGE STEVEN EARL SWEPT IT UNDER THE CARPET..

JACQUI Patterson was questioned in court by solicitor PAUL BLANCHFORD. Had she fractured my elderly chihuahuas jaws by extracting teeth,

SHE ADMITTED SHE HAD!!! AND YET JUDGE STEVEN EARL PLACED ALL CHARGES ON ME.

Phonographic evidence was shown of freshly filled water bowls around my property and a running hose pipe. Again with judge Earls report he said the dogs had no drinking water.

Again I hold all footage.AlthoughI held 100 dogs on my property not one flea nor one dog dropping could be found.

Judge Steven Earl made me out to be a liar, to hate all people and an Animal Abuser. 

Shame on him I hope he can sleep at night.

WRITTEN BY LYNN STOKER

Below is the RSPCA's version of the same story.

Which can also be read on the RSPCA website.

Woman found guilty of neglecting more than 110 animals loses her appeal against conviction and sentence

01.07.21

Ms. Stoker was jailed for keeping 107 dogs, six puppies, two cats and three tortoises in unsuitable conditions and has now been ordered to pay a further £38,000 in costs.

A dog breeder who was originally jailed for 21 weeks and ordered to pay £50,000 costs after RSPCA officers found more than 110 animals living in poor conditions at her home in Northumberland - has lost her appeal against her conviction and sentence.

Ms. Stoker was jailed in September 2019 when she was found guilty of 15 animal welfare offences at Bedlington Magistrates's Court.

But she lodged an appeal against her conviction and sentence - held over two weeks at Newcastle Crown Court from 19 April (2021) - and the original decision was upheld.

The court returned on Friday, June 11 (2021) to sentence her and she was ordered to pay a further £38,000 in costs.

The hearing was told how the animal welfare charity was called to visit the property where she lived in Byrness Village following reports of a cat with a weepy eye.

Over 110 neglected animals found on site

RSPCA inspectors found more than 110 animals - including dogs, puppies, cats and tortoises - neglected at the site.

The court heard how Stoker was first visited by the RSPCA in November 2017 and was offered help - including free vaccinations, neutering, health checks and treatment as well as assistance rehoming some of the dogs to bring the numbers down to a more manageable level.

Eleven dogs were signed over to the charity's care for rehoming and officers arranged for vouchers for neutering and help for medical care for Stoker's animals too.

But after five months of offers of help from the RSPCA the situation had not improved and officers from the animal welfare charity joined police to execute a warrant at the Byrness Village property on 8 May 2018.

One-hundred-and-seven dogs - many suffering from severe ear infections, numerous dislocated hips and dental disease which were so serious they had pathological fractures of the jaw.

Six puppies, three tortoises and two cats were also found living in unsuitable conditions and were seized by police and placed into RSPCA care.

When officers arrived they found the dogs in rooms and out-buildings across the property with a number of them kept in training cages and dirty, dark kennels.

Those that were housed in crates were crammed in together and the animals that were roaming free moved in a pack. There was dog faeces and urine around the property and in the cages.

The court heard how the majority of dogs did not have any access to water or food and many were living in dark and dirty conditions - unable to escape from other animals.

Others were housed in seven crates in a conservatory where the temperature was 28C - and one crate measuring 70cm by 103 cm contained 11 dogs - one poodle, one lhasa apso, seven chihuahuas and one King Charles Spaniel.

Dogs together in cramped spaces

Inspector Heidi Cleaver, who led the investigation, described the property as 'chaotic' with dogs swarming around.

She said in her statement: "The conditions in the house were noisy, crowded and chaotic. The dogs live as a pack. There was no space for them to escape each other.

"There were no measures in place to control the temperature within the property. The majority of the dogs were housed in the conservatory, which would be cold in the winter months and potentially incredibly hot in the summer months. There was a door from the conservatory into the yard, which could be opened and small windows which could also be raised, but ventilation was limited.

"Many dogs in the conservatory were confined in training cages in direct sunlight on the day we attended. Outbuilding B was cold and smelly, there were no windows allowing light into the area also meaning ventilation was stilited.

"The dogs in Outbuilding B were kennelled and therefore unable to control their environment in terms of moving away from or towards a heat source or moving somewhere more comfortable."

Inbreeding dogs

There were a number of different breeds of dogs at the property - including chihuahuas, shih-tzu crosses, cockapoos, King Charles Spaniels, terrier crosses, poodles and bulldogs.

There were so many of them that only a handful of them had names and some had health problems due to inbreeding.

The dogs were breeding out of control and there was no preventative measures carried out such as separating the dogs according to sex or neutering. There were also no records kept in regards to feeding and cleaning.

In one case in particular a heavily pregnant white British bulldog was found lame due to leg deformities, she also had severe breathing difficulties due to a large lung tumour.

Officers also found a Ragdoll cat with untreated cat flu and a tortoise with an untreated illness.

As well as the original £50,000 fine and 21 weeks prison sentence she received originally, Stoker was disqualified from keeping animals for life - which cannot be appealed for 15 years.

She now has to pay a further £38,000.

Inspector Cleaver added:

Due to this appeal we still had a number of dogs in our care but now the case has concluded I am delighted we can now rehome them.