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OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style campaign against farming, particularly dairy farmers, who he has made a career out of kicking.
Dr Chuckles may have put his foot in it this time though, commenting on a social media post that not only made excuses for the actions of infamous baby killer Minnie Dean, who the writer fondly described as "a mixed bag of tricks", but also associated her "alleged" crimes with today's dairy industry.
That's drawing a bloody long bow, but undeterred, Joy jumped in, claiming Dean was hanged for killing babies, but the dairy industry is also "putting babies at risk".
He wrote, "How about we bring back hanging for industry CEOs?"
This old mutt reckons Vic Uni should sack the doc for this, but don't hold your breath.
Academic Dr Mike Joy and his employer, Victoria University of Wellington have apologised for his comments suggesting that dairy industry CEOs should be hanged for contributing towards nitrate poisoning of waterways.
OPINION: Your canine crusader gets a little fed up with the some in media, union hacks, opposition politicians and hard-core lefty whiners who claim the answer to all the country’s current financial woes is to tax the rich even more.
OPINION: The Hound shed a tear (crocodile) on hearing about the looming redundancy of perennial anti-farming critic 'Dr' Mike Joy.
Two PhD students from Victoria University have developed a machine that could change the face of winemaking in New Zealand.
A reduction of only 0.3% annually in methane emissions is required to ensure this gas no longer contributes to climate temperature warming, says Dave Frame, professor of climate change, Victoria University.
Visiting US climate change expert Dr Will Happer says the idea of reducing cow numbers to greatly reduce methane emissions is crazy.
Federated Farmers has launched a new campaign, swapping "The Twelve Days of Christmas" for "The Twelve Pests of Christmas" in an effort to highlight the most troublesome farm pests.
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has given farmers in the Tararua District a boost as they rebuild following recent storms.
The Government is set to announce two new acts to replace the contentious Resource Management Act (RMA) with the Prime Minister hinting that consents required by farmers could reduce by 46%.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change would be “a really dumb move”.
The University of Waikato has broken ground on its new medical school building.
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