It’s a disgustingly pathetic sentence. It just proves that laws and labels can’t protect animals from suffering on farms. The only way to stop this cruelty is to choose meat-free options.
GEORGIA DIEBELIUS: ‘Three farm workers who cruelly mistreated ‘defenceless’ pigs by repeatedly kicking them in the face and stabbing them with pitchforks, have been spared jail. The main culprit was a supervisor who, ironically, was actually the farm’s designated animal welfare manager responsible for animal welfare practice, a court heard. The RSPCA brought a prosecution following an undercover investigation at Fir Tree Farm in Goxhill, Lincolnshire, by animal rights group Animal Equality… The trio had been warned they faced jail during their previous hearing…
All three defendants were given an eight-week suspended prison sentence, 100 hours of unpaid work, and were banned from working with or transporting commercial livestock indefinitely. They must each pay £500 costs and a Government-imposed £115 victims’ surcharge. After the hearing, Dr Toni Shephard, executive director of Animal Equality, said: ‘Obviously, it’s a disgustingly pathetic sentence. ‘Animals were beaten every single day that there were cameras inside those sheds. ‘This sentence just proves that laws and labels can’t protect can’t protect animals from suffering on farms. The only way to stop this cruelty is to choose meat-free options’.’ SOURCE…
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