One tonne of dead sheep buried at Cornish camp site
18 December 2020 |
The case was heard at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Monday 14 December
The owner of a Cornwall-based camping business has admitted to burying more than a tonne of dead sheep at the site.
Kevin Hutchings has pleaded guilty to seven charges of failing to provide adequate care to animals and failing to properly dispose of 1,250kg of animal by products.
Cornwall Council officials and a vet from the Animal Plant and Health Agency visited Pattacott Farm Camping and Glamping site in January and February 2020 and found appalling conditions .
Kevin Hill, prosecuting for Cornwall Council, told Plymouth Magistrates’ Court that Hutchings, 50, had failed to provide poultry, sheep, pigs and cattle with adequate care.
The sheep at the farm The owner of a camping and glamping business has admitted burying more than a tonne of dead sheep at the site. Kevin Hutchings, aged 50, of Pattacott Farm Camping and Glamping site, Maxworthy, has pleaded guilty to seven charges of failing to provide adequate food and medical care to animals and failing to properly dispose of 1250kg of animal by products. Cornwall Council’s animal health team and a vet from the Animal Plant and Health Agency visited the farm in January and February 2020 and found appalling conditions. Kevin Hill, prosecuting for Cornwall Council, told Plymouth Magistrates’ Court that Hutchings had failed to provide poultry, sheep, pigs and cattle with adequate care.