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Dog-owning ban for owner of obese dalmatian
A man has been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after allowing his dalmatian to become chronically obese.
Barney ballooned to more than twice his normal size as his owner fed him a diet of crisps and chocolates.
John Green, 40, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, was given the ban by the town's magistrates after he pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering.
The court heard yesterday that RSPCA inspectors were first alerted to the plight of eight-year-old Barney following concerned calls from members of the public in June 2007,
Officials warned the defendant about the dangers of his dog being so overweight and advised that he should go on a diet.
However, over the following months Green failed to maintain Barney's weight loss and his condition worsened until he became dangerously overweight.
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