One thing that raises a red flag in her story, she claims "sometimes locking her in a room for weeks at a time and denying her enough to eat", well obviously the Judge doesn't believe her, bec. if he would believe her he would never grant an animal like that custody at all.
#somethingsfishy
But who knows, maybe it's true.
The truth is when it comes to divorces you can almost never know which side is right.