A Manitoba hog producer will never again be allowed to handle livestock after admitting to the largest animal-cruelty case ever discovered in the province.
Martin Albert Joseph Grenier, 39, pleaded guilty Thursday to more than a dozen charges under the province's Animal Care Act for causing the deaths of more than 1,200 pigs last summer.
Provincial court Judge Kelly Moar returned to court Friday and imposed a near-maximum fine of $60,000. It's more than double the previous highest financial penalty ever dished out in Manitoba, court heard. Moar also issued a lifetime prohibition on having care or control of any animals. More
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