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Shepherd sentenced for welfare offences


A man was given a suspended sentence for repeatedly breaking animal welfare laws

Richard Young

Posted 23 January 2025 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Animal Health and Welfare|South East


UPDATES: Enforcement work by Oxfordshire County Council Trading Standards has resulted in a suspended sentence for a shepherd who committed animal welfare and farming standards offences, leaving the decaying.

Enforcement work by Oxfordshire County Council Trading Standards has resulted in a suspended sentence for a shepherd who committed animal welfare and farming standards offences, leaving the decaying carcasses of sheep to rot in his fields.

Jonathon Hornsby Simpson (39), trading as Jon’s Shepherding, had already been convicted in April 2023 of 13 animal welfare and farming standards offenc...

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