A farmer from the Forest of Dean has been sent to prison for causing unnecessary suffering to a sheep which was found dead on his farm during an unannounced inspection. Keith Barber, aged 72, of Joys Green, Lydbrook, appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 11 August to be sentenced…. Read More
Animal Health
Cruelty to horses case – abattoir director guilty
Two businesses, F Drury & Sons Ltd, of Tockenham, Wiltshire and L J Potter Ltd of West Harptree, Somerset together with the director of both companies, Stephen Potter, were found guilty of animal welfare offences at Aldershot Magistrates Court. On 22nd October 2018, L J Potter Ltd transported a horse… Read More
Gloucestershire man guilty of animal cruelty
A car wash owner from Lydney has been convicted under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 with causing unnecessary suffering to a ram. At Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Monday 19 November Farhad Khalil Ahmed was sentenced to a 12 month community order after pleading guilty to one offence relating to the… Read More
Smallholder banned from keeping poultry and pigs for ten years
A West Dorset smallholder has been ordered to pay £530 and is banned from keeping poultry and pigs for ten years after causing unnecessary suffering to chickens following a court hearing in Weymouth. On 17 September 2018, at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court, Richard Thomas Hansford, aged 67, of Weymouth pleaded guilty… Read More
Farmer fined for Animal Health Act offence
A Wiltshire farmer has been fined for moving 1,200 cattle onto his land without a licence in defiance of TB restrictions. Timothy Johnson, of Stokes Marsh Farm, Coulston, Westbury, admitted an offence under the Animal Health Act 1981. He was personally fined £2,000 at Swindon Magistrates Court, and the company… Read More
Forest couple fined after flock find
Failure to deal with rotting sheep carcases landed two sheep farmers with hefty fines following a Gloucestershire County Council Trading Standards investigation. On 8th January, at Cheltenham Magistrates Court, Kevin Hancock of Forest Road, Bream, Lydney and Rachel Nyland, also of Forest Road, Lydney pleaded guilty to a combination of… Read More