Farmer left carcasses to rot
Thursday 19th February 2009, 1:08PM GMT.
A farmer from Mid Wales left lamb carcasses to rot and a young calf in pain for days, a court heard.
Malcolm Trow, of Lower Hill Farm, Welshpool, yesterday admitted four offences relating to incidents on a farm in Marton and a site he leases from English Heritage in Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury.
Shrewsbury Magistrates Court heard how 59-year-old Trow left six lamb carcasses on the land in Wroxeter.
Trow admitted one offence of possessing or being in the control of animal by-products and failing to comply with European regulations by failing to collect, transport or dispose of a lamb carcass without undue delay.
The others included failing to register cattle and keeping an up-to-date register, as well as causing unnecessary suffering to a Belgian Blue calf. The offences took place between April 9 and May 20 last year.
Mr Mike Davies, prosecuting for Shropshire trading standards, said the young calf had been left for 19 days in a lame condition.
However Mr Huw Williams, for Trow, argued prosecution evidence suggested the calf had been left for three days and not 19.
Magistrates fined Trow £1,200, including £600 for unnecessary suffering of the calf, £200 for failing to remove a lamb carcass, £200 for failing to register cattle and £200 for failing to keep an up-to-date register.
Mr Williams said Trow had left the carcasses for predators, rather than them attacking live animals.
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