Pet shop owner who sold goldfish to boy hauled before court and ordered to wear electronic tag | Mail Online
“Her offence was to unwittingly sell a goldfish to a 14-year-old boy taking part in a trading standards ‘sting’.
At most, pet shop owner Joan Higgins, 66, expected a slap on the wrist for breaking new animal welfare laws which ban the sale of pets to under-16s.
Instead, the great-grandmother was taken to court, fined £1,000, placed under curfew - and ordered to wear an electronic tag for two months.”
Sad. And absolutely insane.
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davidkendall reblogged this from ajamison and added:
Yeah….except, if it had been a kitten, and the 14 year old boy had tortured it to death, would you feel the same way?...
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ajamison reblogged this from hilker and added:
Sad. And absolutely insane.
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