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A pensioner who was previously banned from owning animals but was discovered with neglected cats, dogs, and a canary has avoided jail. Janet Oxlade, 73, was told she faced time behind bars after she admitted keeping dozens of flea-ridden and injured animals at her Kent home. Two of the animals were in such a bad way they needed to be put to sleep. She was charged with multiple offences relating to six Yorkshire terriers, four daschunds, and four poodle-type dogs. Oxlade, of Darlington Drive in Minster, Sheppey, was also charged with an offence relating to a poodle on January 11 last year at Sa…