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The Tamworth Five...

We immediately offered to help
when we heard that nine cattle
had escaped from a Staffordshire
farm and had been roaming the
woods near Tamworth for
several months.

Despite our offer, four of the Above, the Tamworth Five f
animals were callously shot,
strengthening our resolve to help
the remaining cows.

Soon, regional TV and radio heard of our attempts to save the cows and
help of two caring local people who spent considerable time winning th
bring them back to Hillside to spend the rest of their days together in th

Freedom Food...

When a farm that was brought to our attention, turned out to be
RSPCA Freedom Food accredited, we were so confident the hens
would be in good condition, we almost didn’t bother going in. It’s
a good job we did! Our investigators found hens so badly feather-
pecked, some had only 15% of their feathers left. We also found
dead and decaying hens left to rot for at least two weeks.
Unfortunately this was the first of very many Freedom Food farms
we have found over the years with similar, appalling conditions.