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Mia O'Hare

Jodie Marsh quizzed by RSPCA after taking her pet meerkat to the pub

Jodie Marsh has claimed her £1 million farm was visited by animal agencies after she took her meerkat to the pub.

The former glamour model, 44, keeps 250 rescued animals and filmed RSPCA and Trading Standards investigators at the entrance of her farm.

Her footage comes after she confirmed she had taken her pet meerkat Mabel to the pub because the animal "cried if I left her".

Jodie has since hit out at the officers for attending her Fripps Farm Animal Rescue farm on Wednesday, saying her animals are well cared for.

The Big Brother star claims she has been targeted by "cruel trolls" who are the reason behind the visit as they are "out to cause trouble".

She said: "No-one made a fuss or complained about her [Mabel] – everyone is very supportive but I have a troll – I think it’s a woman – who is just out to cause trouble.

Jodie says she took her meerkat Mabel to the pub (jodiemarshtv / Instagram)
The glamour model has 250 animals on her farm (Getty Images)

"The teams looked over the rescue centre and asked about the meerkat incident," she told The Sun.

Jodie funds the farm through the money she earns by doing OnlyFans and says it costs her £4,000 a week to run.

She also took to Instagram where she hit out at officers who were reportedly looking into claims an emu had a tube stuck in its neck, which she says was a feeding tube.

Filming the visit on her Instagram, Jodie explained: "We have just had 2 full hours of our day wasted by the RSPCA, APHA and some woman from trading standards.

"And it’s all because of my obsessed lunatic stalker. They turned up here mob-handed and demanded to see our animals."

She added: "They have been here for an hour because they have had reports an emu is in distress because it has a tube down its neck.

"As you all know emu would have died if we had not tube fed her.

She believes she has a troll who is 'out to cause trouble' (Instagram)
Jodie Marsh has resorted to OnlyFans to fund renovations at her Fripps Farm Animal Rescue (James Gourley/REX/Shutterstock)

"The vet came round, the vet showed us what to do and we put all our time and effort into getting her better and she now eats by herself."

The Mirror contacted the RSPCA, who claimed they did not actually go onto the farm but declined to make a further comment.

An Essex Trading Standards spokesperson told The Mirror: “We can confirm we made a recent visit to the farm as part of routine activity within our normal operations.”

Many of Jodie's animals are believed to have been either unwanted or in danger of being euthanised or slaughtered.

With nutrition, care and expertise, Jodie has been helping bring sick or injured animals back to full health.

Jodie went back to her OnlyFans "full-time" just days after posting how expensive the renovations will be on the farm.

She explained: "In order to raise money for the farm I am now back on @onlyfans!!!! Come join me on there. I’ll be back constantly now as I have a personal photographer coming to do all the shots with me!! We are going to have soooooooo much fun."

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