Article 43J14 Activists condemn 'disgusting attacks' on pigs as two men convicted of cruelty

Activists condemn 'disgusting attacks' on pigs as two men convicted of cruelty

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Prosecution based on secret footage obtained by rights charity Animal Equality at Fir Tree farm in Lincolnshire

Two men pleaded guilty today to charges of animal cruelty while employed at a pig farm, Fir Tree in Goxhill, Lincolnshire.

Artis Grogprkevs, 31, and Troy Wagstaff, 30, have appeared at Grimsby magistrates court charged with causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal between 2-27 April this year.

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