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Dead sheep were left to rot by a shepherd who also failed to keep accurate livestock records
Posted 28 April 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Animal Health and Welfare|South East
UPDATES: Oxfordshire’s prosecution of a shepherd over buried sheep carcasses, poor livestock records and unauthorised movements shows how animal welfare rules protect disease control, food chain traceability and fair competition in farming.
A shepherd in Oxfordshire has pleaded guilty to 13 animal welfare and farming offences following a prosecution by Oxfordshire County Council Trading Standards.
Oxford Magistrates Court heard how between 2017 and 2022 Jonathon Simpson (38), trading as Jon’s Shepherding, disposed of large numbers of dead sheep by burying them in a muck heap at Hunters Close Farm, near Witney in Oxfordshire....
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