Wallup farmer fined for cruelty

A nbsp Wimmera sheep farmer has been fined without conviction at Horsham Magistrate s Court in relation to four animal cruelty charges Adrian Schwarz of Wallup was also ordered to pay in costs after he was prosecuted in relation to individual sheep and a flock of sheep Investigations at Mr Schwarz s property commenced in March following an animal welfare complaint where officers found sheep in long wool in a bare paddock with no supplementary feed Officers witnessed sheep with A Wimmera sheep farmer has been fined $15,000 without conviction at Horsham Magistrate’s Court in relation to four animal cruelty charges. Adrian Schwarz, of Wallup, was also ordered to pay $301.53 in costs after he was prosecuted in relation to 11 i... [1875 chars]