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OPINION: A mate of yours truly has had an absolute gutsful of the activist group SAFE.
Old mate says, "once again the idiots at SAFE laid an expensive malicious, vexatious MPI-time wasting complaint (as reported by the Ashburton Courier, on August 28, pg. 47)".
What was the problem that had to be urgently investigated for the anaemic wonders at SAFE?
Calves placed into a trailer, a cow chased by a farmer on a quad bike and animals standing in mud... getting muddy feet.
In other words, a complete waste of time and resources, over about what sounds like just another day on the farm - with no animals harmed or driven to anxiety attacks, unlike the hand-wringers at SAFE.
The Hound might have more sympathy for these moaners if they were honest about their real agenda - to end livestock farming.
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Federated Farmers says it welcomes Labour's commitment to reviewing the Sharemilking Agreements Act, calling on other major parties to do the same.
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The first major update to the Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare in more than a decade has been released, marking what DairyNZ describes as an important step in ensuring animal welfare standards continue to evolve alongside scientific evidence and on-farm realities.
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