It would be nice to see this report - claiming that the pig was unhealthy.
It would be nice to see this report - claiming that the pig was unhealthy.
Thank you Claw for the clarification on Crofting Law,
I appreciate what you have said, however, I do think there may have been other means of dealing with the animal rather than having it put down, a public announcement perhaps that the pig would be leaving the holding on such & such a day,
surely, the department of agriculture could have intervened in some way, I mean this is after all where bad husbandry would kick in, so to speak and on that subject,
if the pig was as has been reported malnourished then surely both parties have to admit to some blame, ie; the party that left it to starve and the party that watched its suffering and did nothing.
It says little of the new tenant, that they could watch an innocent beast suffer in this way.
Last edited by mi16; 22-Oct-13 at 12:05.
W.A.T.P.
Unless I'm wrong sounds to me like two not particularly animal friendly people unable to be civilised acting like barbarians and the pig suffered.
For sure the police, and of course the vet, will have this report on the pig's health but I doubt if either will make it available to such a body as Caithness.org.
There are a lot of allegations flying about on here. Firstly, the person who abandoned the pig was not a tenant or previous tenant on the croft. The croft is currently owner/occupied so the animal wasn't there with the owner or tenants permission. From what I understand, the animal was unhealthy and was put down. A vet would not destroy a healthy animal just because someone asks them either. This story has grown arms and legs plus the offer of a reward from another person just adds to the rediculous nature of it. The croft owner/occupier is a decent person just trying to get on with his own business without any of the previous harrassment him and his family have had to put up with. I, for one, am 100% behind the crofter.
As you slide down the bannister of life, may all the skelfs be pointing the right way.
[QUOTE=mi16;1053067]I concur, "wig" and his cronies are "at it" as they say[/QUOTE
Do you know what - I am sick and tired of this pointless argument. A crime was committed - like it or not!! What about the family of the person who owned the pig why are they being made to feel like criminals????!
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The owner did not pay for the killing, the owner is accused of abandoning the animal and the animal being left unfed, it does not take fifteen months for a pig / or other animal to die through hunger.
A post mortem would determine the general wellbeing of the animal before its demise.
Good on the good people of Reay..beggars the question though, as to why the tenant who put the pig out of its misery, assumed the pig to be miserable when the people of Reay were feeding it.
Going in circles with this thread, for the record I don't believe the person who had the pig killed had any right to do so.
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