Mocksville Man Charged with Starving Dog

Couple avoid jail after dog starves to death on Midland farm

Matthew and Courtney Shuker admitted more than 30 animal welfare charges following the incidents at Westwood Hall Farm, in Leek, between 2022 and 2023

Mocksville man charged with starving dog

A Mocksville man has been arrested after deputies said he left a dog chained up without food or water, leaving her with a myriad of health issues. On Tuesday, July 21, Davie County Animal Services responded to a call for service in the 100 block of Pleasant Lane in Mocksville concerning a dog that appeared to be neglected, wrote the sheriff’s office in a release. Officers arrived at the scene and reportedly found an emaciated adult female dog ch…

'Grossly incompetent' Shukers 'out of their depth' on North Staffordshire farm

Matthew and Courtney Shuker neglected hundreds of calves

Leek couple Matthew and Courtney Shuker banned from keeping animals for 12 years after calves and a dog left to suffer at Westwood Hall Farm

A Leek couple have received suspended prison sentences and lengthy animal bans after hundreds of calves suffered and a dog starved to death at Westwood Hall Farm.