article_snippet: A farmer who left dozens of pigs drowning in a mud pit that was so disgusting seven of the animals had to be put down has been fined more than £37,000.
article_snippet: Seven of the animals had suffered so much that the animals had to be put down after getting stuck in mud to such an extent that slurry covered more than half of the animals body.
article_snippet: Dozens of Seven  pigs were found drowning in mud and covered in slurry (above)
article_snippet: in - Seven  pigs had just been left to literally drown in mud. '
article_snippet: The slurry was halfway up their bodies in some cases' Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector said  heavy rain  turned the pigs' pen into a  slurry pit which had sucked their into mud.
article_snippet: Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector said that heavy rain had turned The pigs which survived the ordeal into a deep slurry pit that had sucked A lot of the pigs into mud, with Forbes-Brown not having the experience to resolve the issue.
highlights_snippet: Animals found drowning in mud pit with slurry covering half of Animals body .
  