Wales: Sheep’s head found buried on allotment among potatoes as authorities investigate alleged animal slaughter

The slaughter was reportedly discovered after another plotholder found a severed sheep’s head buried above their potatoes

By Conor Gogarty
Wales Online
18 JUN 2022

Excerpt:

An allotment holder is being evicted from their plot amid allegations sheep have been slaughtered on the land and a sheep’s head buried in a neighbouring potato patch.

The committee which manages Ely Great Farm allotments in Dyfrig Road, Cardiff, warned plotholders earlier this week that animal slaughter appeared to have been taking place on one of the plots. Cardiff Council, which owns the 170-plot community garden, is in the process of evicting the allotment holder believed to be responsible.

WalesOnline understands that the practice was discovered after another plotholder found a severed sheep’s head buried above their potatoes. The head’s ear appeared to contain a tag.

The committee has asked gardeners to lock the gates and refuse entry to anyone who does not have an allotment at the site.

A council spokesperson said: “Following reports of a number of incidents involving a plotholder at Ely Great Farm allotment site, and an investigation in tandem with RSPCA [Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] and DEFRA [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs], a breach of the allotment tenancy agreement has been identified and eviction proceedings against the plotholder in question have begun.”

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