THIS is the shocking moment a vile woman battered her French bulldogs with a spade after keeping 20 animals locked up.
Elizabeth Perrin was captured beating the defenceless animals in the garden of her home in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester.
Elizabeth Perrin was filmed hitting her dogs with a spade
The sick 52-year-old was then heard shouting “next one” as she continued the horrific rampage.
One of the dogs was knocked to the ground and another had to be put down after suffering gash wounds.
Perrin was also caught on video hitting the animals with a broom in a year-long campaign of abuse.
When RSPCA officers attended the home, they discovered 20 dogs that had been kept in cramped conditions.
One of the French bulldogs, named Wizza, was found lying on the sofa injured.
Inspector Ryan King said: “There was a bad smell coming from him, on closer inspection I noticed a number of puncture wounds on his front legs, there was some blood around his ears and further puncture wounds around his groin.”
Wizza was taken to a vet but had to be put to sleep two days later to end his suffering.
Perrin and her partner Trevor Hague both appeared at Tameside Magistrates’ Court charged with abuse offences.
The mum admitted causing unnecessary suffering to three dogs by inflicting blunt force trauma and physical violence.
She also pleaded guilty to failing to ensure their needs were met by housing them away from other animals.
But magistrates decided against banning her from keeping animals because her two children have special needs, which benefit from having support dogs.
The court was told Inspector King was called to the home in November 2021 following reports a number of dogs were fighting.
Perrin and Hague told him they had 20 dogs in total and showed them around an open plan area where a number of the pets were kept.
A month later, the officer was handed two videos – one showing Perrin hitting the dogs with a broom and another clip of Hague kicking one of the animals.
The vile couple claimed they “only hit or kick the dogs to split them up when fighting” and signed two of the pets over to the RSCPA.
But Inspector King received a video a month later of Perrin smacking the dogs with a spade.
He said: “On the first swing I could hear a dull thud as she made contact with something. On the second swing there was more of a harsh sound and a slight sound of a dog yelping.
“She swings the spade down on three dogs that are in the corner, hitting two of the dogs on the head. One is hit with such force that is knocked off its feet onto its back and struggles to get up for a second.
“She then turns around, pauses, looks round at the dogs and shouts ‘next one’.”
A veterinary expert said the dogs would have been “caused to suffer” from blunt force trauma.
He added the welfare needs of a number of other dogs kept by Perrin had not been met because they were not sufficiently separated from each other.
Perrin was made subject to a 12-month community order, a 16-week night-time curfew and ordered to pay £700 costs.
Inspector King said after the case: “Having to see that video of someone deliberately inflicting pain on an animal with a weapon was awful.
“There is no excuse for this behaviour towards an animal. It really does defy belief that someone could behave in this way.
“Animals deserve to be shown kindness and respect.”
Some of the dogs had visible injuries
Perrin also kept the animals in cramped conditions
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