A father and son have been jailed for animal cruelty offences in what the judge called "one of the worst" he had ever encountered.
Conor McAleenan, 28, was sentenced to 14 months and Robert, 55, for nine months.
The two men of Lisnevenagh Road, Antrim, will serve half the sentence in custody and half on licence.
Police said they found a "scene of horror" with decomposing dead horses and ponies lying among the living.
Sixty-three animals were seized. Nine were dead or had to be put down. They were found living in filthy conditions.
Conor McAleenan, who owned the horses, had not treated them medically because he feared that would mean he could not sell them into the human food chain.
Both men were banned from keeping animals for 25 years.
Men jailed for cruelty against horses
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