Animal abuse alleged against Ferndale farmer

Investigator say 28 animals were starving, five dead at Snookbrook dairy farm WHATCOM ­— Criminal animal cruelty charges have been filed against a Ferndale-area farmer from whom the Whatcom Humane Society removed starving pigs and cows in mid-April. Seth Daniel Snook, of 6804 Kickerville Rd., faces five counts of first-degree animal cruelty in regard to…