A cruel farmer told people ‘I’ll do what I want’ as he dragged his dog along the road by tying it to his car.
Kim Norman Rendall was filmed dragging his white husky Daisy for about 200 metres while she was tied with a rope in High Littleton, near Bath, England.
Details of the cruel acts
Several drivers witnessed the horrifying scene and tried to stop Rendall, 65, by honking their horns and flashing their lights at his red Nissan Micra.
North Somerset Magistrates’ Court heard that one of the motorists shouted ‘dog, dog’ out of a window, which led a woman to flag the car down.
Rendall stopped and was quickly confronted by upset locals as Daisy bled onto the road and tried to stand up.
‘I’ll do what I want’
One woman offered to take Daisy to the vet for urgent care if he wasn’t going to. He responded with a smirk and a laugh, saying: ‘I’ll do what I want, it’s my dog.’
Prosectutor Gregory Gordon told the court that she had ‘fresh and deep’ wounds, including ‘degloved paws’ – described as ‘traumatic erosion of the skin’ and ‘full thickness skin loss’ to her hind legs.
When police turned up at Rendall’s home, they found him enjoying a cup of tea and a haircut and he refused to tell police where he had dumped his injured dog.
Police found the dog helplessly
Eighteen cops and a drone searched for the dog and found her two hours and 30 minutes later, tethered by her neck in a barn used by Rendall for his cows – dumped with no food and water.
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Sadly, Daisy was left severely injured that she had to be mercifully killed nine days later as she failed to recover and her pain couldn’t be managed.
Now, the 65-year-old has avoided jail for the cruel acts as he appeared at Bristol Crown Court for sentencing on December 12.
He had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts of causing the unnecessary suffering of an animal contrary to the Animal Welfare Act.
Rendall was given eight months in prison, suspended for two years, 300 hours of unpaid work alongside a 20 year disqualification from having or keeping animals with the exception of cattle, and fish. He was also ordered to pay £5k costs.
