Thirty-one cats were found locked up in “appalling” conditions at Judy Shaw and Peter Hardy’s Unstone paddocks – including a static caravan covered in a deep layer of mould-covered faeces.
While 28 horses were found standing on deep faeces in makeshift wooden pens – some with mobility issues due to deformed hooves.
The couple, from Dorset Close, Brimington, admitted 21 Animal Welfare Act charges and were fined £1,200 each.
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1. ANIMAL CRUELTY
The RSPCA has released images of the "dreadful conditions" horses and cats were kept in at Judy Shaw and Peter Hardy's paddocks Photo: RSPCA
2. ANIMAL CRUELTY
Shaw and Hardy were banned from keeping animals for 10 years Photo: RKH
3. ANIMAL CRUELTY
Horses and ponies were found a very poor condition - some were underweight and others had deformed and curled hooves and struggled to walk Photo: RSPCA
4. ANIMAL CRUELTY
Horses were found in makeshift areas full of faeces and rubbish including the skull of a pony and other animal bones. An RSPCA representative described pens as "unsafe" - comprising of a number of gates and pallets tied together with string "holding in approximately four feet of faeces so the ponies towered above me" Photo: RSPCA