A Western Australian woman has been banned from owning an animal for life after being found guilty of 24 animal cruelty charges.

Rosemary Muriel Donovan, 24, was handed the minimum sentence for all 24 charges; $48,000 and ordered to pay more than $2700 in vet bills for the animals confiscated from the family property in Mandurah in July 2011.

Rosemary Donovan was found guilty of 24 animal cruelty charges. Her mother Kim was acquitted. Credit:Catherine Botman

Her mother Kim, who was acquitted of 24 charges, now faces the proposition of having no animals at her home or asking Rosemary, her full-time carer, to move out.

It was argued that by imposing a permanent﻿ prohibition on Ms Donovan, her mother Kim who suffer the same fate.