A Queensland pet store owner has been fined $40,000 for the "appalling" treatment of hundreds of animals, including cats, birds, mice and fish.No conviction was recorded against Nicole Louise Bourne and the magistrate reserved judgement on a prohibition order
Many of those charges were discontinued after legal negotiation and on Tuesday she pleaded guilty to 39 offences in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court just as a six-day trial was due to begin. She said during the 2020 raid the RSPCA found hundreds of sick and stressed birds living in either overcrowded or unhygienic conditions, as well as a dead finch in a water bowl.
The court was handed a psychologist's letter stating the 46-year-old was passionately dedicated to caring for animals and that the RSPCA's investigation had rocked her identity and sense of self.
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