Wales-Farmer faces Magistrates Court.

WALES-Farmer left carcasses to rot

A farmer from Mid Wales left lamb carcasses to rot and a young calf in pain for days, a court heard.

Malcolm Trow, of Lower Hill Farm, Welshpool, yesterday admitted four offences relating to incidents on a farm in Marton and a site he leases from English Heritage in Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury.

Shrewsbury Magistrates Court heard how 59-year-old Trow left six lamb carcasses on the land in Wroxeter.

Trow admitted one offence of possessing or being in the control of animal by-products and failing to comply with European regulations by failing to collect, transport or dispose of a lamb carcass without undue delay.

The others included failing to register cattle and keeping an up-to-date register, as well as causing unnecessary suffering to a Belgian Blue calf. The offences took place between April 9 and May 20 last year.

Mr Mike Davies, prosecuting for Shropshire trading standards, said the young calf had been left for 19 days in a lame condition.

However Mr Huw Williams, for Trow, argued prosecution evidence suggested the calf had been left for three days and not 19.

Magistrates fined Trow £1,200, including £600 for unnecessary suffering of the calf, £200 for failing to remove a lamb carcass, £200 for failing to register cattle and £200 for failing to keep an up-to-date register.

Mr Williams said Trow had left the carcasses for predators, rather than them attacking live animals.