Two men charged with bestiality over an alleged attack on Polly the pig at Nimbin in December have two weeks to consider their pleas.
Reece Parke appeared via videolink at Lismore Local court on Tuesday but his co-accused, Bradley Presbury elected not to appear.
Parke, 22, and Presbury, 20, both face two counts of torturing, beating and causing the death of an animal and one count of bestiality.
It is alleged the pair went to the Djanbung Gardens permaculture farm, on Cecil St, on the night of December 13, and inflicted the brutality and torture on 10 heritage chickens and 12 year-old Polly the pig.
The destruction from their violent rampage was found at 7.30am the following morning by workers who noticed the chickens with broken necks and other broken bones.
Then they found Polly’s snout had allegedly been slashed and she was suffering internal injuries.
The men were arrested at Teven on December 22 and taken to Lismore police station where they were charged and refused bail.
Solicitors for both men, who remain in custody, did not apply for bail.
Magistrate David Heilpern ordered pleas to be entered for the charges of torturing, beating and causing the death of an animal at the men’s next appearance.
He adjourned their matters until April 18 at Lismore Local Court.
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