Animal cruelty case involves pig, canary, goat, and a rat

A 38-year-old Kerry farmer has pleaded guilty to almost a dozen charges of animal cruelty and neglect involving a wide range of species including a black pig, a yellow canary, a beige goat and a white rat.

A pony was also left to decompose on the farm.

Thomas Doyle, a single man, of Fourhane, Listowel, had been sent forward from the District Court for trial on 89 counts and has now pleaded guilty to 11.