A trench worker blew the whistle on two farmers, now accused of neglect and animal cruelty, after seeing the animals' condition, it was revealed in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Glen Richardson, 42, and Antoine Sealey, 32, pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of animal cruelty after an SPCA inspector, summoned by the trench worker and a neighbour, discovered dead animals on the Peek Farm in Smith's, which Richardson and Sealey operate.

They are charged with causing unnecessary pain and suffering to one pig, 60 chickens, 39 rabbits, 37 goats including a kid, four ducks and one bull calf between January 1 and May 29, of this year.

Crown counsel Juan Wolfe began his examination-in-chief yesterday when trench worker Craig Morbey told the court that he saw the bull calf without water.

"It was about mid-day and I noticed that it didn't have any water, so I filled up a five-gallon bucket. The calf immediately drank the water, and drank fast," Mr. Morbey told Magistrate William Francis.

Mr. Morbey said he also watered and fed the rabbits, which were "climbing over each other to get to the water".

The following day, when Mr. Morbey discovered the animals had finished the water, he replenished their supply and the animals finished the supply again.

"I didn't feel right, I didn't feel good about this," Mr. Morbey told the court.

He said he conferred with a lady who lives in the home next to the farm and they called the SPCA.

Inspector Charles Whitehead arrived in the afternoon, said Mr. Morbey.

Insp. Whitehead, with nearly 1,000 investigations under his belt as the only SPCA inspector, said he found the farm littered with debris such as broken glass, a sliding glass door, pieces of wood and parts of a large satellite dish.

In addition, colour photographs of a collection of empty beer bottles and dead animals were admitted into evidence.

Mr. Wolfe examined a picture of the dead baby goat and asked: "What would little black spots be?"

"Those would be flies," said Mr. Whitehead.

The baby goat was missing an eye and bits of flesh were exposed on it's face.

The trial was adjourned until November 22, when prosecution is expected to close evidence-in-chief with Police and veterinary statements.