‘Prosecuted for having a skinny dog’

The family of a traveller accused of cruelty to his Saluki dog claim he is being blamed for having a pet that ‘always looks skinny.’ Billy Love, 19, was arrested for cruelty when he returned from a trip to Lincolnshire with his father. He was also been accused of hare coursing but prosecutors dropped the charge. Now the family are fuming because they say Salukis always appear thin and claim a vet’s report states the hound was fine. Billy’s father,…