Evidence provided by The Humane Society of the United States has been used in the trial against Jarrod Barney Juarez, who was convicted of one count of animal cruelty following a trial this week.

He was accused of abusing a piglet at a farm that was, at the time of the investigation, supplying pigs to Tyson Foods.

Mr Juarez was sentenced to a fine, court costs, a suspended 30-day jail sentence and six months of probation.