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Farmer banned from keeping animals after 350+ livestock found in 'appalling' conditions

Staffordshire County Council said around 369 pigs, sheep, poultry and cattle were kept in poor conditions

Chris Brayford
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Pigs under the care of Alexander Blackwell at Alder Carr 51AVÊÓÆµin Mayfield. (Staffordshire County Council)
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Pigs under the care of Alexander Blackwell at Alder Carr 51AVÊÓÆµin Mayfield. (Staffordshire County Council)

A Staffordshire farmer has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work after being sentenced for serious welfare and identification offences. Alexander...

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