A Brecon man has been fined after admitting to the “unacceptable and inappropriate” handling of a pony, after video footage showed the animal being dragged while tethered to a moving vehicle.
Geoffrey Williams, of Aberbran, Brecon, was sentenced at Merthyr Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, May 6, after pleading guilty to one offence under the Animal Welfare Act, in that he failed to meet the needs of a pony to be protected from pain, suffering and injury through an unacceptable and inappropriate method of handling.
Williams, 63, was ordered to pay a £1,000 fine, £400 costs and a £400 victim surcharge.
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