A farmer has been jailed for eight months for what Herefordshire Council said was the worst case of animal suffering it had seen. Charles Dowswell Parry, 51, also breached his 10-year livestock keeping ban, and that has now been extended to a lifetime ban. After being tipped off, animal health officers found a calf collapsed in thigh-deep mud with muddy water running out of its nostrils, Herefordshire Council said. An Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) veterinary inspector found the calf was suffering and beyond any help, meaning it had to be killed where it lay.
A cow had to be killed due to the condition vets found it in
Farmer issued 10-year livestock ban after welfare breaches
11 January 2021 |
The farmer pleaded guilty to six animal welfare related charges
A farmer has been handed a ten-year livestock ban after a court found him guilty of failing to dispose large amounts of deadstock.
Harry Glyn Prosser, from Dulas in Herefordshire, has also been ordered to pay out over £5,000.
The 69-year-old pleaded guilty to six animal welfare related charges in total.
Council officers first attended the farm in 2019, where they found a large amount of dead cattle and sheep on the farm with many left where they had fallen.
The live sheep and cattle had access to all of the farm, including the dead stock and other numerous hazards such as chemicals and broken glass.