Sheep
Man convicted after skinning sheep and feeding it to hounds
Hartley Crouch of Cottesmore Road, Ashwell, has been convicted of theft after he stole a sheep, skinned it and fed...
Court
Environment
Company fined over £500k after sewage discharge kills 5,000 fish
Anglian Water has been fined over £500,000 for failing to stop raw sewage being discharged into a river for almost...
Environment
Danone ‘surprised’ by accusations regarding plastics use
Global dairy company, Danone, has said that it is “surprised” by an accusation regarding its use of plastics along its...
Environment
Devon farmer sentenced for illegally grazing cattle on SSSI
A 76-year-old farmer from Devon has been ordered to pay over £70,000 after pleading guilty to two offences relating to...
Environment
Man who earned £840k from illegal waste activities fined £368k
John Leslie Allison of Southfield Lane, Colne, Burnley, has been ordered to pay over £368,000 after earning around £840,000 for...
N.Ireland
Fermanagh farmer fined £1,000 for polluting watercourse
A Co. Fermanagh farmer has been convicted at Enniskillen Magistrates’ Court for a water pollution offence. Cyril Loane (60) from...
N.Ireland
Roof contractor fined £1,000 after fatal fall on Fermangh farm
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully led a prosecution against an Enniskillen based roofing contractor....
N.Ireland
Farmer fined after pollution incident kills 146 fish
A Co. Derry farmer has pleaded guilty at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court for a water pollution offence that killed 146 fish....
Environment
Water company fined over £500k over pollution incident
A water company has admitted that failure of its treatment works led to pollution in River Wid in Essex and...
N.Ireland
Derry farmer fined £1,000 for water pollution offences
A Co. Derry farmer has been convicted by Magherafelt Magistrates Court for water pollution offences. Adrian Bates (39) of Ballyronan...
N.Ireland
NI farmer charged for causing unnecessary suffering to 28 sheep
A farmer from Co. Down has been convicted in court for causing unnecessary suffering to 16 sheep and 11 lambs....
Agri-Business
Meat company fined £440,000 after security guard suffers serious injuries
A meat production company has been fined £440,000 after a security guard at an abattoir was seriously injured by a...
Agri-Business
Bernard Matthews fined £400k after 2 poultry factory incidents
Bernard Matthews Food Ltd. has been fined £400,000 and ordered to pay £15,000 following two separate incidents where employees were...
N.Ireland
Contractor fined £2,500 following fatal farm fall
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully led a prosecution against self-employed construction contractor, Jerome McCaffery....
Other
Animal Rebellion activists charged for spilling milk
Two supporters of the Animal Rebellion vegan protest group have been charged by the Metropolitan police for taking and pouring...
Agri-Business
Poultry abattoir fined £300,000 for odour pollution of 'rotting flesh'
A poultry abattoir in Attleborough, Norfolk has been fined £300,000 for odour pollution after the Environment Agency received nearly 350...
Dairy
Dorset dairy farm fined £52,000 for causing unnecessary suffering
A West Dorset dairy farm, ran by Ireosa Ltd., has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a cow and...
Rural Life
Man rang police demanding they return his van after fly-tipping
A man rang police demanding they return his van, which was caught being used for fly-tipping at a beauty spot...
