Pet crematorium woman jailed for dumping bodies in field

Greg Garraway
2/8/2011
10:45 AM

Pet crematorium woman jailed for dumping bodies in field.
This article I chose was about a woman in the UK. Emma Bent,35 of Derbyshire had a contract to collect the bodies of animals and clinical waste from a veterinary group for disposal, she offered individual cremation. She instead dumped the bodies of the pets in a field while their owners were charged with the cremation price. She was charged and sentenced to eight months in jail. There is further depth as the Environmental Agency reported she was not registered to do this work. In August a man walking his dog noticed a horrible smell and discovered the bodies of four dogs in a drainage. He notified the RSPCA who contacted the police, and the Environment Agency. The animals were able to be traced back due to their microchips. The woman who was charged also sent fake ashes to the owners.
Analysis: This article seems to show that people are becoming more desperate for money and are finding new was to con people. All around the world people are committing crimes and they don't even have to be dangerous crimes such as this one was mainly fraud. It is good that we have technology such as microchips in pets and new technology to trace back to them. It helps when loosing your pets as well as tracing back pets for other reasons such as this. She should have been sentenced to more than 8months in jail for fraud and lying and for even sending back fake ashes.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/303230