Animals removed from farm following cruelty reports

An array of animals, including 11 mountain goats, four pigs, chickens, 50 pigeons, 50 roosters, six dogs – two chihuahua, two boxers, a fox terrier and a pit bull and an injured buzzard were this morning removed from an illegal farm at Hal Farrug.

The animal welfare officers, which had received reports of animal cruelty, found the pigs and the mountain goats kept in dirt. The pigs were a type of boar, which is a very aggressive animal, and were being guided by the animal welfare officers with wooden sticks into the trucks.

The dogs, one of which was tied up, looked like they had been running around without food and water in the sun.