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Revealed: Department approved abattoir owner’s equine slaughter – while he was before courts, charged with neglecting 54 horses
John Joe Fizpatrick, owner of abattoir exposed by RTÉ Investigates, three times faced charges of cruelty Fitzpatrick was convicted in one case and acquitted in the other twoIn one case, chief prosecution witness didn’t testify after gardaí allegedly said he wasn’t needed
John Joe Fizpatrick, owner of the horse abattoir exposed by RTÉ Investigates
It was a cold January day in 2010 when Frank Coote, then the Clare ISPCA inspector, got a phone call about distressed horses in a field in Kilmurry, outside Sixmilebridge.
An experienced animal welfare officer, Mr Coote was concerned enough to call local gardaí and the Department of Agriculture’s veterinary inspector for the area.
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