Four cats and a pet dog were forced to each other to stay alive after their owner abandoned them for three months, a court heard.
Lorraine Peake, 48, left her cross-bred doberman and four white cats to starve to death in squalor when she moved house in March this year.
A relative found the horrific scene and alerted the police when they visited the shabby terraced house in Bolton, Lancashire on June 6.
Alcoholic Peake pleaded guilty to five counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal between May 13 and May 27 when she appeared at Bolton Magistrates Court on Friday.
The court heard that Peake, aged 48, had not been living at the house for the previous three months and had gone into rehab two days before officers were called.
Pet cats and dog 'ate each other to stay alive' after owner moved house | Mail Online
Oh my god those poor animals.:T_T: