A woman from south London has been handed a five-year ban on owning dogs after she allowed her chocolate labradoodle to starve to death. Mercy Mujinya-Motima of Longley Road in Tooting admitted to an animal welfare offence when she appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on February 27.
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Mujinya-Motima brought her labradoodle, named Shiloh, to the Blue Cross animal hospital in Victoria on October 23, 2023. Initially, she claimed that Shiloh had been involved in a car accident the previous evening. However, vets found inconsistencies in her story.