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Pet food business owner banned from owning farm animals
A North Waikato man has been banned from owning or having anything to do with farm animals after bobby calves were ill-treated at his pet food processing plant at Te Kauwhata in 2015. Audio
Cow beating: Initial MPI response 'not good enough' - Minister
Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor talks to John Campbell about the latest Farmwatch investigation, and says MPI is planning to boost its animal welfare officer numbers. Video, Audio
MPI defends actions in cow-beating case
The Ministry of Primary Industries is rejecting accusations that it is incompetent when it comes to animal welfare issues. Farmwatch, a farm monitoring group, has published footage of a sharemilker… Audio
Northland farmers deplore cow bashing captured on video.
Northland farmers are reacting with revulsion to the video of a Mangapai sharemilker, seen bashing his cows with a metal bar. Audio
MPI 'incompetent' handling animal welfare - Farmwatch
Ministry for Primary Industries is "incapable" of properly investigating animal abuse and Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor must immediately move to fix that or resign, Farmwatch says. Warning, the… Video, Audio
Hundreds of farmers won't meet bobby calf laws
Hundreds of Taranaki dairy farmers won't comply with the new bobby calf laws by 1 August, because they have not had enough information on the changes, says Federated Farmers.
Dairy farmers 'treat those calves like their babies'
Farmers have hit back at claims of widespread mistreatment of bobby calves, after footage emerged of calves being thrown and dragged. Video, Audio
Video outrage shows 'disconnectedness' with farming life
Outrage over hidden-camera footage of the treatment of bobby calves illustrates many people's disconnect with farming life, Federated Farmers says.
'Laggards' to blame for calf mistreatment - MPI minister
The latest revelations of bobby-calf abuse are not a true picture of the whole dairy sector, the Minister for Primary Industries says. Audio
Secret cameras found in Waikato dairy sheds
Dairy farmers are being urged to check their farms for hidden cameras after some Waikato farmers found them in their milking sheds.
Animal rights campaigner - cruelty inherent in dairy industry
An animal rights campaigner says the dairy industry's reputation is in tatters after revelations of shocking animal abuse. Video footage recorded by animal rights group Farmwatch shows a man violently… Audio