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Two Staffordshire farmers have been given lifetime bans from keeping animals
Posted 19 October 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Animal Health and Welfare|West Midlands
UPDATES: Lifetime bans on keeping livestock were imposed after a Trading Standards animal health investigation uncovered multiple welfare offences involving neglected farm animals. The case highlights the consequences of serious breaches of animal welfare legislation.
A pair of farmers who committed animal welfare offences have been given lifetime bans from keeping livestock following an investigation and prosecution by Staffordshire County Council’s Trading Standards Animal Health team.
Charles Gibson (51) and Alison Bailey (44), both from Leonards Farm, Biddulph Moor, pleaded guilty to multiple animal welfare offences at a hearing on 21 April 2023 at...
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