An Island man who neglected 6 kittens, one of which had to be put down, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Neil Andrew Cain, 62, of The Broadway, Totland Bay, was investigated and prosecuted by the RSPCA after concerns were raised about 6 kittens in his care. The half-dozen cats were found to have untreated ailments including eye disease, rectal prolapse, and flea and worm burdens whilst living in an unhygienic and hazardous environment without fresh water. They were also left unattended for a four day period without supervision or their welfare needs being met. 2 of the kittens had to have eyes removed and one sadly had to be put to sleep by a vet because of the severity of ill health. The case was described as involving prolonged neglect in a commercial context, and there was evidence of Cain selling kittens. RSPCA Animal Rescue Officer Kane Goodyear, who helped to investigate for the animal welfare charity, said:
“The majority of the kittens looked to have eye issues, they were squinting and their eyelids appeared very swollen with a lot of discharge, also, one of the black kittens has what looked to be a prolapse, it looked like part of the kittens bowel was protruding from its backend, it looked incredibly painful. I was extremely concerned for their welfare.”
At a sentencing hearing on 30th July, Cain was sentenced to 12 weeks custody, suspended for 12 months, and banned from keeping animals for 5 years. He was also ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid work and must pay a £154 victim surcharge.
What a very nasty individual , should be banned from keeping any animals for life
Neil is a lovely bloke he’s just clumsy and forgetful. He loved those cats but just couldn’t afford the extortionate vet bills living on his benefits.
Then you should have stepped in and told him to call Cats Protection who would have collected them, for free.
Yeah where were you when they needed help? As bad as him!!!
I tried I offered to put them in a sack and take them down the causeway but he said he’d already sold some of them.
Sorry but a ‘lovely bloke’ would seek help rather than let animals suffer. No excuse whatsoever!
then he or anyone knowing this could have contacted Friends of the Animals who as normal would have been there straight away.
He didn’t love them. If his eyes were ok he’d have seen how terrible a state they were in. Is he stupid as well as nasty!!!
He shouldn’t be allowed to have animals ever again. He was trying profit from selling them illegally as well.
Take his eyes and bowels out I say!!!
Ask for help!? He just wanted to breed them. Had no care for their welfare at all. Now look what he’s done. Suffering to the poor helpless things. Take his rights to have animals away
What a scum I hate this kind of thing how can people do this to an animal. He should suffer the way these poor babies did. It’s disgusting behaviour. Iam a animal lover more than a people lover. This is unacceptable. He should rot in hell. No animal on this earth should be treated in this way. Iam so upset with this.
What a bastard!, he needs to be put down!
is that it? Disgusting to treat a poor defensive kitten who is so small. He got off lightly, hope I never see him on the street piece of s….
People who buy kittens or any animal off of the likes of him should report the conditions the animal is living in that way this abuse will not carry on!
Low life filth. I hope a cat lover nearby alters his mind very soon.
Funnily enough…………;)
Evil man … just a slap on the wrist.
Scumbag ….
Should have his eyes poked out …..
Animals do not deserve to be treated like this at all……
I agree with the suspended sentence that Neil Cain was given for animal cruelty. The suffering that he put these little kittens through was horrendous. When I say that I agree with the suspended sentence, if it was down to me, it would have been by the neck.
Absolute scumbag. The suffering inflicted upon these poor kittens is unforgivable. Is there a photo of this hideous human garbage?
This sentence was no where near harsh enough. He should be made to suffer..
It never is when it involves the RSPCA.
It is not the fault of the RSPCA it is the courts that dish out any punishments, so blame them.
He should never own animals ever let alone 5 years, horrible despicable pers
Rob the Coop for £5k and you get 8 month suspend sentence forget or ignore to feed a cat and you get 3 months and 150 hrs community service!
That isn’t all he’ll get – you reap what you sow!
I am shaking with rage about this bastard, you pathetic little shit. I truly hope karma gets you every day of your pathetic life. Put this little shit in prison, stop his benefits. Ban him for life for having animals.
I feel sorry for his dog Wilbur, they sleep in the same bed!
“…and must pay a £154 victim surcharge”
I’m a bit confused as to who this would be paid to?
Cats protection won’t see a penny il bet!
Very interesting comment.
What is wrong with some people?!
Suspended sentence? Should be suspended by his neck more like!
150 hours of unpaid work. Perhaps that should start with him cleaning his own home. What is the consequence of not completing the 150 hours? Does the 12 week prison sentence start?
Making sentences harsher does not stop abuse, it makes it harder to find. The greater the punishment the greater the incentive to hide the crime will be. What we need, is a police unit to dedicated to detecting and prosecuting these crimes. Relying on a charity to do the work that should be done by the police is insane.
When you vote Tory and all they do is cut services to the bone to the point that cases like this go unpunished. For every Neil Cain there are many more going undetected. Well when labour has failed to fix anything the Tories will be back in to cut services, so expect more of this.
So who should we vote for the fred? …………..drum roll please.
well not ‘reform’ obviously,..
when it comes to policies of cutting public services in preference to lining the pockets of the rich,. reform are even worse than the tories
I want to see his photo please so I can offer him some advice.
Why just a 5 year ban? This man should never again be permitted to have the care of a defenceless dependent animal. Ever. It should be a life ban.