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Britton searched for dogs on the website [[Gumtree]], claiming to rehome them, and telling their former owners that they were thriving in his care, when in fact he had already sexually abused and killed them. Britton is known to have sexually abused 42 dogs, of which 39 died. Britton had a BSc from the University of Leeds and a PhD from the University of Bristol, moving to Australia, where he set up his Big Gecko consultancy dealing with wild crocodiles, in 2006, with his wife Erin, who has since changed her surname after learning of her husband's crime. |
Britton searched for dogs on the website [[Gumtree]], claiming to rehome them, and telling their former owners that they were thriving in his care, when in fact he had already sexually abused and killed them. Britton is known to have sexually abused 42 dogs, of which 39 died. Britton had a BSc from the University of Leeds and a PhD from the University of Bristol, moving to Australia, where he set up his Big Gecko consultancy dealing with wild crocodiles, in 2006, with his wife Erin, who has since changed her surname after learning of her husband's crime. |
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Britton was also employed as a research associate at [[Charles Darwin University]] |
Britton was also employed as a research associate at [[Charles Darwin University]],<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42060602</ref> and established the now defunct crocodile attack database [[CrocBITE]]. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 14:26, 26 September 2023
Adam Britton is a British zoologist and zoosadist who pled guilty to more than 60 counts of animal cruelty involving sexually abusing and killing animals, mostly dogs. He also pled guilty to four counts of possession of child abuse material.[1]
Britton worked for the BBC as a crocodile expert with David Attenborough as well as with National Geographic. In April 2022 he was arrested by Northern Territory police after video footage of him sexually abusing, torturing and killing dogs was passed to the police. He was remanded in custody, pleading guilty on 26 September 2023. He will be sentenced in December 2023. [2]
Britton searched for dogs on the website Gumtree, claiming to rehome them, and telling their former owners that they were thriving in his care, when in fact he had already sexually abused and killed them. Britton is known to have sexually abused 42 dogs, of which 39 died. Britton had a BSc from the University of Leeds and a PhD from the University of Bristol, moving to Australia, where he set up his Big Gecko consultancy dealing with wild crocodiles, in 2006, with his wife Erin, who has since changed her surname after learning of her husband's crime.
Britton was also employed as a research associate at Charles Darwin University,[3] and established the now defunct crocodile attack database CrocBITE.
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References
- ^ https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/prominent-zoologist-guilty-of-60-bestiality-animal-abuse-and-possessing-child-exploitation-material-charges/news-story/bde8efd81c5263ac84707844bd51beec
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-66920778
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42060602