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06/11/2003
Farmer fined £1,800 in connection with animal welfare offences
A farmer in Co Tyrone has been fined £1,800 for offences relating to animal welfare offences and causing "unnecessary suffering" to animals in his care.
Christopher Loy, from Corrycroar Road in Pomeroy, appeared before Dungannon Magistrates Court in October in relation charges of causing unnecessary suffering to the animals in his herd and failing to comply with two rectification notices.
Four charges related to Animal Welfare legislation, a further four related to Cattle Identification legislation, while he was charged one offence each with regard to Animal By-Products legislation, Animals and Animal Products (Residues) legislation and Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) legislation.
Mr Loy pleaded guilty to all the charges receiving conditional discharge for failing to comply with two rectification notices served under Animal Welfare legislation as well as the £1,800 fine.
Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD) is to introduce two of the measures announced by the Agriculture Minister in June 2003, as part of the revised control programmes for TB and brucellosis arising from the TB and Brucellosis Policy reviews.
Annual testing for brucellosis is currently carried out in Newry, Armagh and Enniskillen Divisional areas where brucellosis is at a higher level.
However, from November 2003, the Department will begin the process of extending annual testing to all non-dairy and mixed herds in the remaining seven divisional areas of Northern Ireland. In dairy herds in these seven lower incidence areas we will continue with monthly milk testing, and blood sampling every other year.
Under the revised TB control programme, the Department will impose movement restrictions immediately a TB annual herd test becomes overdue.
During November 2003, the Department will introduce a system whereby farmers will be provided with written notification of the test result of their last TB annual herd test and the due date for their next annual herd test.
This new system is designed to ensure that farmers have the information to enable them to prepare well in advance for their next TB test.
During the first year of the new system, DARD will also issue farmers with a reminder near the due date of their next annual herd test.
(MB)
Christopher Loy, from Corrycroar Road in Pomeroy, appeared before Dungannon Magistrates Court in October in relation charges of causing unnecessary suffering to the animals in his herd and failing to comply with two rectification notices.
Four charges related to Animal Welfare legislation, a further four related to Cattle Identification legislation, while he was charged one offence each with regard to Animal By-Products legislation, Animals and Animal Products (Residues) legislation and Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) legislation.
Mr Loy pleaded guilty to all the charges receiving conditional discharge for failing to comply with two rectification notices served under Animal Welfare legislation as well as the £1,800 fine.
Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD) is to introduce two of the measures announced by the Agriculture Minister in June 2003, as part of the revised control programmes for TB and brucellosis arising from the TB and Brucellosis Policy reviews.
Annual testing for brucellosis is currently carried out in Newry, Armagh and Enniskillen Divisional areas where brucellosis is at a higher level.
However, from November 2003, the Department will begin the process of extending annual testing to all non-dairy and mixed herds in the remaining seven divisional areas of Northern Ireland. In dairy herds in these seven lower incidence areas we will continue with monthly milk testing, and blood sampling every other year.
Under the revised TB control programme, the Department will impose movement restrictions immediately a TB annual herd test becomes overdue.
During November 2003, the Department will introduce a system whereby farmers will be provided with written notification of the test result of their last TB annual herd test and the due date for their next annual herd test.
This new system is designed to ensure that farmers have the information to enable them to prepare well in advance for their next TB test.
During the first year of the new system, DARD will also issue farmers with a reminder near the due date of their next annual herd test.
(MB)
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