Farmer pleads guilty to 16 animal welfare offences

Court told animals were kept in a hazardous environment and given an inadequate diet

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A farmer from Cambridgeshire has pleaded guilty to 16 animal welfare offences
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A farmer from Cambridgeshire has pleaded guilty to 16 animal welfare offences

A Cambridgeshire farmer has pleaded guilty to 16 animal welfare offences after being accused of failing to provide basic needs for his livestock. Jack Smith who farmed cattle and pigs on land at Mill...

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