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A man with a “track record” of animal mistreatment, who kept 240 horses in “appalling conditions”, has been sent to prison and banned from keeping animals for life.
Tom Price, who has previously been prosecuted for welfare offences, and banned for five years, was found guilty on 32 charges, at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court last week.
District judge Neil Thomas told 56-year-old “horse trader and breeder” Price, of Redway Road, Bonvilston, that the evidence against him was compelling.
The court heard Price kept animals in “atrocious” conditions, at three sites in the Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend.
In August 2019, animal welfare officers found a flock of Jacob sheep with fleeces still unshorn during a visit to Swn-y-Mor, Wick.
A MAN has been sent to prison and handed a lifetime ban from keeping animals. Horse trader and breeder, Thomas Tony Price of Redway Road in Bonvilston, has been found guilty on 32 counts of failing to ensure a suitable environment for horses and sheep which caused unnecessary suffering to the animals. Price was sentenced, at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court, to six months in prison and banned for life from keeping any animals after a history of prosecutions for mistreatment that had previously seen him receive a five-year disqualification. Before passing sentence, District Judge Neil Thomas told Price that the evidence against him had been compelling. He had failed to manage the animals competently and was hopelessly overstocked.
A MAN has been sent to prison and handed a lifetime ban from keeping animals. Horse trader and breeder, Thomas Tony Price of Redway Road in Bonvilston, has been found guilty on 32 counts of failing to ensure a suitable environment for horses and sheep which caused unnecessary suffering to the animals. Price was sentenced, at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court, to six months in prison and banned for life from keeping any animals after a history of prosecutions for mistreatment that had previously seen him receive a five-year disqualification. Before passing sentence, District Judge Neil Thomas told Price that the evidence against him had been compelling. He had failed to manage the animals competently and was hopelessly overstocked.