A NOWRA woman who failed to provide veterinary treatment to her injured dog has been fined $2000 and ordered to pay veterinary bills of almost $5000.
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Michelle Therese Moloney, 50, pleaded guilty to failing to provide veterinary treatment to an animal.
The charges come from a case brought by the RSPCA and the treatment of a female cattle dog called Roxy.
Court papers said between March 2 and March 16 last year RSPCA inspectors found the dog with an infected back wound and a significant neck injury caused by an embedded chain collar.
Inspectors seized the animal and took it for veterinary treatment.
Vets said the dog was running a temperature and as well as treating the neck injury also dealt with an infected wound on the dog's rump that had maggots inside.
Vets estimated if the dog had not received the treatment it would have been dead within a few weeks.
Court papers said Moloney was the dog's registered owner but had "agreed to share the care of the animal with another family member" between December 2018 and the time when the dog was seized.
Evidence before the court included text messages to Moloney from the family member telling her the dog required treatment.
Roxy had to spend 10 days in the veterinary hospital.
In Nowra Local Court Magistrate Erin Kennedy fined Moloney $2000 and ordered she reimburse the RSPCA $4931 for the veterinary bills.
Charges of committing an act of aggravated cruelty to an animal and failing to provide veterinary treatment were withdrawn and dismissed.
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