Founder of horse rescue centre sentenced for animal welfare and disease control offences

The founder of a horse rescue centre who kept animals in hazardous conditions and failed to meet their basic needs has been sentenced for animal welfare and disease control offences. No equids were involved in any of the charges or the investigation.

Wendy Davies, 75, was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £10,000 in costs, at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on 5 March. She had pleaded guilty to one welfare offence and was found guilty at trial of nine more welfare and disease control charges.