Farmer gets 100 hours community service following poultry welfare case

A Shropshire farmer has been fined almost £6,000 and ordered to carry out 100 hours of community service after being found guilty of causing unnecessary harm to his poultry

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A farmer has been handed 100 hours of community service following welfare breach
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A farmer has been handed 100 hours of community service following welfare breach

Paul Hotchkiss of Gilberries Hall Farm in Church Stretton, was sentenced at Telford Magistrates Court last week after pleading guilty to charges brought jointly by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha)...

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