Oct 2009
10 year livestock ban for Welsh farmer
12/10/09 19:12
A Radnorshire farming couple has been banned from keeping sheep and cattle for ten years by Brecon Law Courts in a case brought by Powys County Council.
Andrew and Sarah Irene Thomas, of Brynwig, Llananno, Llandrindod Wells, pleaded guilty at a hearing in September to six charges under the Animal Welfare Act for causing unnecessary suffering to sheep and a further three charges for failing to dispose of sheep carcasses in a prosecution led by the council’s Trading Standards Service. They also asked for a further 28 charges in relation to disposal of sheep carcasses under their ownership to be taken into consideration. The original article can be viewed on the Farmers Guardian website here.
Andrew and Sarah Irene Thomas, of Brynwig, Llananno, Llandrindod Wells, pleaded guilty at a hearing in September to six charges under the Animal Welfare Act for causing unnecessary suffering to sheep and a further three charges for failing to dispose of sheep carcasses in a prosecution led by the council’s Trading Standards Service. They also asked for a further 28 charges in relation to disposal of sheep carcasses under their ownership to be taken into consideration. The original article can be viewed on the Farmers Guardian website here.