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Border collie found abandoned in horsebox trailer at Scottish farm

Falkirk farmer Robert Baird pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering and failing to ensure the welfare of his border collie which was found in a trailer measuring approximately two by three metres, with a single small window obscured by mould

Chris Brayford
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Drift the border collie when he was found abandoned in a horsebox trailer. (Falkirk Council)
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Drift the border collie when he was found abandoned in a horsebox trailer. (Falkirk Council)

A Scottish farmer has been convicted of animal cruelty offences after a dog was found abandoned in a horsebox trailer on-farm. Robert Baird, of Easter Whin Farm in Limerigg, pleaded guilty at Falkirk...

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