article_snippet: A 53-year-old woman has been banned from owning an animal for 20 years after neglecting A 53-year-old woman two dogs so badly her two dogs needed to be put down.
article_snippet: Peta Brien was convicted of animal cruelty offences in the Perth Magistrates Court on Friday after failing to provide sufficient food and water for her two dogs and failing to take steps to alleviate harm to her two dogs.
article_snippet: RSPCA WA chief inspector Amanda Swift said the penalty was appropriate because a person who treated dogs so poorly did not deserve the privilege of owning one.
article_snippet: A 53-year-old woman has been banned from owning an animal for 20 years, as well as being sentenced to a one-year, community-based order and fine .
article_snippet: Ms Brien was convicted of animal cruelty offences in the Perth Magistrates Court on Friday after failing to provide sufficient food and water for the dogs and failing to take steps to alleviate harm to the dogs .
highlights_snippet: Peta Brien was convicted of animal cruelty in the Perth Magistrates Court .
  