Man ordered to pay nearly £6k after illegally killing cow
Date of alert:
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Lancashire Constabulary
A West Yorkshire man has been ordered to pay out over £5,700 after he illegally killed a cow on a farm three years ago.
Thomas Mullin, from Huddersfield, changed his pleas to guilty on day one of a two-day trial at Burnley Magistrates' Court on 18 May.
The court was told how Mr Mullin's employer, Cumbria-based Northern Fallen Stock, had sent him to Westby Hall Farm in Gisburn to deal with a cow that had not responded to veterinary treatment.
Welfare regulations prohibit the slaughter of livestock on a farm by anyone who is not properly licenced, unless there is an emergency.
In court, the 65-year-old admitted that he had not held a valid licence since the late 1990s.
He also told the court that it was not an emergency killing, and admitted to an offence of shooting the animal in the back of the head, which is prohibited by law.
