Never again, all vowed after animal treatment horrors were found hidden away in the same patch of Westport woods for a second time in six years.

Some of the key players aren’t impressed. They’ve heard it all before and evidently believe they’ve nothing to fear from the local authorities.

It’s high time for Westport to convince them otherwise.

In a development so bizarre that it is scarcely to be believed, weeks after the last of 1,400 animals — alive, dead and at death’s door — were evacuated from 465 American Legion Highway, one of the so-called Fall River farmers has begun trucking animals right back in. Tipped off, an inspector found a calf in one of the lots, held in by the same makeshift wood pallet fences — exposed nails and all — that had contained animals there before. The lot renter indicated he plans to add to his herd shortly.

Other town mandates have been equally ineffective.

In August, the town ordered that the motley collection of 75 dilapidated buildings on the property be razed. There’s not a building permit to be found for the bunch of them and they are unsafe for people and animals.

The town also directed the land owner to deal with the rat problem that poses a health threat to neighbors. And the state ordered a cleanup of spilled fuel oil and other contaminants.

Presumably the land owner must also do something about the heaps of solid waste — clamshells, tires, old toilets and more — all dumped there illegally.

None of that has happened. The buildings, waste, rats, they’re all still there, and the “farm” animals are starting to return.

Westport has heard enough of the ‘not my job’ excuse from those it pays to protect its land, water and animals.

While every other business in town is held to one standard (one was shut down for selling outdated food awhile back), anything goes out in these woods. Businesses operate without licenses, slaughterhouses and ‘farms’ exist without permits or inspections, solid waste and pollutants are dumped … all while the ‘farmer’ continues to collect rent from tenants and profits from a town agricultural tax break.

This place belongs on lockdown — if that’s too much for Westport to handle, the state should take over.