A dairy farmer and cheesemaker has been banned from keeping farm animals and ordered to pay more than £6,800 in fines and court costs after failing to provide adequate care for his cattle. At Bodmin Magistrates’ Court on 08 June 2021, Simon Philip Stansfield, aged 63, from Upton Cross, Liskeard, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to three calves, failing to care… Read More
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Farmer guilty of ignoring national animal disease control measures
A farmer from the Forest of Dean has pleaded guilty to ignoring rules aimed at limiting the spread of contagious diseases through livestock. Haydn Bendall, aged 80, who farms at Aylburton and Hewelsfield in the Forest of Dean, appeared before Cheltenham magistrates yesterday (10 February 2021) following an investigation by… Read More
Farmer guilty of keeping animals in appalling conditions
Following an investigation by Gloucestershire Trading Standards, a farmer from the Forest of Dean has pleaded guilty to eight animal welfare offences at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Monday (28 January). Keith Barber of Joys Green, Lydbrook also pleaded guilty to one offence relating to the dirty conditions of the feeding… Read More
Caught bangers to rights
A Cotswold farmer who allowed his pigs access to sausages has been banned from keeping pigs and cattle for five years. At Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Monday (9th July) Clive Lockton, of New Road Farm, Todenham, was disqualified having previously pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to the appalling welfare… Read More