Dog owner loses fight against ban

The owner of two malnourished dogs found living in squalid conditions at a Waikanae property has been barred from owning a dog for five years.

Trina Williams has lost her fight against the ban, which the Kapiti Coast District Council dog owners objections subcommittee upheld this week.

Sudo, a two-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier-cross and her eight-month-old pup, Max, were seized and impounded after they were found "filthy and stinking" six weeks ago.

Sudo was very thin, on a very short chain and had no water, and Max was tied up under a makeshift shelter made of a piece of crumpled polythene, an animal control officer said. MORE>>