By Tim Lethaby
10th Sep 2019 | Local News
An 81-year-old farmer has admitted animal welfare charges after up to 80 cattle on his land at Hinton Blewett were found knee deep in mud with smaller animals competing with adult animals for small amounts of hay and drinking rain water from puddles in fields full of rubble, scrap metal and plastic waste.
John Hasell appeared before Bath Magistrates on September 5 where he pleaded guilty to six charges of animal welfare issues and one charge of allowing animal carcasses to be accessed by birds and animals.
