The Scottish SPCA has reacted to the sentencing of a Renfrewshire man following an investigation into 'one of the worst cases' of bird neglect.

Brandon Hodge was sentenced at Greenock Sheriff Court on Tuesday this week, November 4, after he admitted two charges of animal neglect. The court heard that the 28-year-old kept 18 birds tethered inside tiny faecal-encrusted cages stacked on top of each other.

Inspectors from the Scottish SPCA, along with Police Scotland officers, first carried out a search at Hodge's property in Kilmacolm in May 2024. What they found inside was 'seriously distressing', with 19 birds kept in an 'unsanitary and inappropriate environment', as well as strewn covered in maggots and insects.

Hodge was sentenced to 12 months supervision, 90 hours of unpaid work an

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