A farmworker is facing court over allegations he repeatedly struck pigs with a hammer and failed to “humanely euthanise” them.
Andrew Munro is facing a total of five charges over his conduct relating to pigs at Yonderton Farm in Ellon.
Two charges allege that the 47-year-old caused a pig “unnecessary suffering” by repeatedly striking it with a hammer, failing to euthanise it humanely, on January 2 and 6 this year.
The January 2 allegation states Munro struck the animal with a hammer within a pen containing, and in view of, other pigs.
It’s also alleged that on December 12 2020 he failed to maintain a record of any medical treatment provided to a pig.
Munro has not yet entered a plea
And he faces further charges of failing to administer medical treatment or get veterinary attention for a pig with an infected uterus and a pig with a lesion on its genitals, both on December 14.
Munro, whose address was given in court papers as Yonderton Farm, Ellon, was not present when the case called against him at Aberdeen Sheriff Court today. It is understood he no longer lives at that address.
Fiscal depute Elizabeth McAllister asked for the case to be continued without plea for papers to be served.
Sheriff Margaret Hodge adjourned the case until next month.
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