Court update

Here's a more thorough summary of what occurred in court on Wednesday.

On a positive note while I was outlawyered and the judge didn't find Sandy Lerner criminally guilty he did make it very clear this farm neglected their pigs and denied them of required medication and treatment for weeks at a time. This trial also verified a veterinarian never was called to see or examine any pigs. Ayrshire Farm indeed is guilty of violating state code. Crystal Ritenour, the Large Livestock Manager, testified that pigs already had died as a result of withholding treatment by the time Loudoun County Animal Services got involved.

The code section Sandy Lerner was charged with stated "failure by owner to provide". As the owner of the farm Sandy Lerner was able to skirt responsibility by hiding behind her staff. The judge interpretated the code section with caution. Sandy allows the violations to occur, she doesn't directly participate so the judge did not find her guilty for the neglect.

On record we have staff of Ayrshire Farm admitting under oath to not properly treating pigs and delaying the pigs treatment in an effort to remain organic. Under oath they confessed pigs died as a result of withholding treatment.

None of my concerns were dismissed. They were validated.  Imagine my surprise when in court I saw Ayrshire Farm had printed all my pictures (I had to provide their defense lawyer during discovery) and created farm records that previously didn't exist.

Sandy Lerners defense attorney even went as far as denying she owns Ayrshire Farm.

If only the statute of limitations wasn't so short, the defense tried to state this was an isolated incident when in fact it occurs on a routine basis at Ayrshire Farm.  It took a 7 hour trial to address just a month of abuse, it would take weeks to address what happens in a year's time.

Such a pathetic group of people who do not care for the animals at all.

The faster those pigs grow and get slaughtered for market the better, being neglected and abused by Sandy Lerner, Crystal Ritenour, and staff is literally hell on earth.

Please do not support Ayrshire Farm or any business that uses or sells their products. This includes Hunters Head Tavern and the Home Farm Store.

Supporting Ayrshire Farm is supporting animal abuse.