The animal charity says it has been forced to refute that an image of the dogs was AI-generated.
Police said Paul Solway caused the blast by tampering with a gas pipe and setting fire to a chair.
Robert Smith, 61, died from drowning at an address in Erdington in October 2023.
The requirement to obtain permission had gone largely unnoticed until a German newspaper reported on it.
Leicester City lose their appeal against their six-point deduction for breaching EFL financial rules.