Animal Rising activists charged after 'stealing' lambs from King Charles' Sandringham Estate farm

Norfolk Police said they charged three women regarding the theft of three lambs from a farm in West Newton

Chris Brayford
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Officers from Norfolk said they charged three women with three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, one count of stealing three lambs, and three counts of failing to record the movement of an animal
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Officers from Norfolk said they charged three women with three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, one count of stealing three lambs, and three counts of failing to record the movement of an animal

Three women from Animal Rising have been charged with multiple theft and animal welfare offences after three lambs were stolen from a farm on King Charles' Norfolk estate earlier this year. Norfolk...

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