CONVICTED (2021) | Christopher Kendall, born c. 1950, of Dene Park, Harrogate HG1 – failed to provide adequate care or treatment to dozens of sheep and pigs on his farm
Kendall admitted 18 charges – the vast majority for causing unnecessary suffering – relating to the abject conditions in which he kept the animals, causing them “substantial harm or distress”.
The animals’ prolonged suffering was over a period of at least three months, between September and December 2019.
Some of the sheep had “chronically” infected feet with maggots. Fifteen others were suffering lameness and distress.
About half a dozen pigs and six piglets were not given enough fresh drinking water and were kept in dangerous conditions in a building with metal sheeting which was “bent and broken”. Their pens had similar hazards and metal sheeting was left lying on the straw.
Kendall also admitted failing to collect or dispose of animal by-products, namely sheep’s carcasses, without undue delay, causing a public health risk.
An order was made under the Animal Welfare Act that Kendall be barred from keeping any animals, except dogs, for life. The order was suspended until March 12 to give him time to make alternative arrangements for the remaining animals.
Sentencing:14-week prison sentence suspended for two years. Ordered to pay £1,033 in costs and charges. Banned from keeping all animals except dogs for life.
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