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Married British zoologist - who worked for BBC alongside his wife and David Attenborough - admits raping and torturing dozens of dogs at his animal shelter in case that has shocked Australia
- Adam Britton, 51, tortured and sexually exploited more than 42 dogs until arrest
A British crocodile expert has pleaded guilty to raping puppies and torturing more than 40 dogs - including his own pets Ursa and Bolt - at his Australian animal shelter after luring pet owners to give him custody of their beloved canines.
Adam Britton, 51, who grew up in West Yorkshire before moving to Australia, began his offending in 2014 and tortured and sexually exploited more than 42 dogs he had called 'f*** toys' until his arrest in April 2022.
Britton, an academic at Charles Darwin University in northern Australia who once hosted legendary broadcaster David Attenborough at his home, tortured 39 of those dogs to death in a horrific case of animal cruelty that has shocked the nation.
The married zoologist had sexually abused his own Swiss Shepherd pets, Ursa and Bolt, for almost a decade before he eventually expanded to Gumtree Australia to source more dogs to torture and kill at his sprawling rural estate at McMinns Lagoon on the northern tip of Australia.
Britton would even film himself torturing the defenceless animals in what he called his 'torture room' - a shipping container fitted with recording equipment - until most of them died before posting the sick material online, the court heard.
Britton, a leading zoologist who has worked with the BBC and National Geographic on productions, stood calmly as he pleaded guilty to 56 counts of animal cruelty at the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory yesterday.
The details of Britton's crimes are so horrific and 'grotesque' that Chief Justice Michael Grant urged the public and security staff to leave the courtroom before the prosecutors outlined the facts of the case in a rare move.
'These facts contain material that can only be described as grotesque and perverse acts of cruelty which is confronting and distressing and which in my assessment have the potential to cause nervous shock,' he said. Much of the details surrounding Britton's offending are also too gruesome to be published.
Britton's wife Erin, a wildlife ranger who met Prince Harry and helped him catch a saltwater crocodile, was unaware of her husband's disturbing fantasies and has since reportedly changed her surname.
British crocodile expert Adam Britton pleads guilty to raping puppies
Adam Britton, 51, began his offending in 2014 and tortured and sexually exploited more than 42 dogs until his arrest in April 2022.
kill him
. Two between his eyes, and burn the remains. Have a man of faith perform whatever purification rituals available, then salt and wall off the soil under the pyre. 