A couple have been slapped with 60 hours of unpaid work after vets had to put their starving pet dog down when she was found shockingly bone-thin and wearing a nappy . Owners Darren Humphries, 47, and Wendy Dow, 45, were visited by the RSPCA animal charity on March 21, 2025, after welfare concerns were raised about a female tan crossbreed called Ella.

But Tameside Magistrates Court heard Animal Rescue Officer Freya Norton and Inspector Beth Fazackerley found the scared animal extremely underweight - with prominent ribs, hips and skull. She was even wearing a nappy secured with hair ties, which Humphries and Dow claimed she had worn since they got her in August 2024 due to incontinence , causing painful sores.

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