‘Like a skeleton on legs’: Dog owner admits neglecting ‘emaciated’ lurcher

Robert Nugent explained that the dog was in such a state because it had gone missing for three or four weeks. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

A pet owner is awaiting sentence after he admitted neglecting his "emaciated" lurcher dog described by a judge as "a skeleton on legs".

Robert Nugent, Glenshane Lawn, Tallaght, Dublin, pleaded guilty to breaching the Animal Health and Welfare Act by causing unnecessary suffering and failing to provide sufficient food and water to the lurcher. At Dublin District Court, he also admitted neglecting a Rottweiler dog.