Seven members of the same family are in court over charges of animal cruelty at Crunchy's Rescue in Longworth.
BBC: Crunchy's Rescue conditions 'among worst RSPCA has seen'
Smith had already been banned from keeping cattle and sheep twice after previous animal welfare offences in 1998, 1999 and 2008, the court heard.
"We are glad that the court has accepted the important public and animal health arguments in this case, " he said.
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Ms Bond told the court she had seen the animal's minder trying in vain to hold on to him before the horse broke away.
On that basis, in a recent case the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on depictions of animal cruelty, rejecting the government's argument that it had any legitimate interest in banning pictures and videos associated with crimes, and finding even assuming the government's interest that the statute swept up too much protected speech.
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Then, in December, the European Court of Justice agreed to review a complaint from three French animal-rights campaigners, backed by the European Commission on Human Rights, who say that the French law letting shooters on to smallholders' land violates property rights and freedom of association because it forces people to become de facto members of the local field-sports association.
Conditions at an animal rescue centre in Oxfordshire were some of the worst the RSPCA had seen, a court has heard.
BBC: Crunchy's Rescue conditions 'among worst RSPCA has seen'
The dogs on his farm were seized by the court, and the most damaged were sent to an animal sanctuary in Utah for rehabilitation.
Work on Jersey's new animal shelter headquarters in St Helier can begin soon, after planning approval was confirmed by the Royal Court.
Animal cases in San Antonio used to be farmed out at random to the city's municipal court judges, who often didn't give the cases enough attention or hand down sufficiently stiff punishments, according to city officials.
Joe Angelo, the interim director of San Antonio's Animal Care Services department, said the court is part of a larger effort to change the climate in the city of 1.3 million, where more than 3, 000 residents annually are bitten by dogs and more than 150, 000 stray dogs roam city streets on any given day.
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