“We had to have a plan that would allow us to remove a large number of animals on the day, but we hoped that wouldn’t be necessary and had no idea what action would be taken until vets were able to assess all of the animals.” “It took almost 12 hours on the day to assess all of the animals, load them into horseboxes and animal ambulances, and move them off-site making it one of the biggest coordinated rescue missions the UK has ever seen. “This was a huge multi-agency rescue mission, which was the culmination of weeks of planning and evidence gathering. “The RSPCA and World Horse Welfare officers had received complaints about the farm and had been looking into these concerns and gathering evidence,” she said. I have no doubt that prison will be uncomfortable for you, but you will be shown there a degree of consideration and care multiplied many times greater than you showed for the animals in your charge.” Post-sentencing reactionįollowing the sentencing, RSPCA special operations unit case officer Kirsty Withnall, who coordinated the huge rescue mission and led the investigation, said it took 100 staff from different agencies to help round up the animals. “I have noted you are an elderly man with multiply health problems. “These charges are so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified.
“One doesn’t need to be an expert or have 20:20 vision to see the disgusting conditions you were keeping animals,” said Recorder Reed, adding that likewise it would not take a vet to understand the suffering caused.
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He added that Bennett had “ignored warnings and professional advice” and that he had accepted no wrongdoing, nor expressed any remorse. Recorder Reed told the court he took into account the absence of previous relevant convictions, Bennett’s medical conditions and guilty plea when passing sentence. Mr Fullerton also asked the judge to consider allowing his client to keep up to a set number of dogs to serve as guard dogs for security purposes. It was also pointed out that a pink bucket was near to the animal carcasses, which was there to collect the bones found during the raid. The defence also asked the court to take into consideration Bennett’s ill health, the wet winter in 2018/19 and how the tractor had churned up the land when moving hay for the animals to eat. Recorder Reed contested this point, referring to the conditions in which the animals were found at Hurst Farm.
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