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Pictured: Gavin Huw is seen throwing away pets rabbits at a layby on Abercynon Road, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK.<br />
Re: A man has been jailed and banned from keeping animals for 10 years after he was caught on CCTV throwing two rabbits into a grass verge before driving off.<br />
Gavin Huw Towells, 39, from Cwmbach, Aberdare, appeared at Merthyr Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty to three offences.<br />
He was also prosecuted by Rhondda Cynon Taf council for fly-tpping, after leaving a rabbit hutch at the location.<br />
The court heard that Towells was caught on privately-owned CCTV getting out of his car in a layby on Abercynon Road, and getting out a small rabbit hutch from his boot.<br />
He then opened the hutch and picked up the rabbit by the ear, launching it into the undergrowth.<br />
He did the same with a second rabbit, before driving off and leaving the rabbit hutch behind.