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Smallholder guilty of animal cruelty


A man in Dorset has been sentenced for animal welfare offences

Richard Young

Posted 08 November 2019 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Crime|South West


UPDATES: A Dorset prosecution against a smallholder found guilty of serious animal welfare offences demonstrates the consequences of neglect and the role of trading standards in protecting animals.

A man who caused suffering to goats, ferrets and poultry by failing to properly care for them on his smallholding in North Dorset has been prosecuted and disqualified from keeping any animals for 10 years following an investigation by <a href="https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/business-consumers-licences/business-consumers-and-licences.aspx?folderIds=5535,992">Dorset Council...

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