WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES - Former Crufts winner Lynda Cooper, 74, has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after RSCPA inspectors made the grim discovery

Lynda Cooper, whose gun dog won six awards at the world's largest dog show in 2016, admitted to 11 welfare offences at Cardiff Crown Court.

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES - Former Crufts winner Lynda Cooper, 74, has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after RSCPA inspectors made the grim discovery

Animal welfare officers said they were ‘horrified’ by the emaciated and infected dogs in Lynda Cooper’s care

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A former Crufts-winning breeder has been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after 77 emaciated dogs were found at her home. Lynda Cooper’s home was raided in August 2024 by…