Hundreds of cows on a Waikato dairy farm had their tails removed. A Waikato farmer who removed hundreds of tails from his dairy cows has been fined. Peter Anthony William Muller was fined $21,739 including veterinarian expenses and costs for docking the tails of dairy cows. READ MORE:* Taranaki farmer fined $40k for breaking, docking cows' tails* Southland farmers fined after more than 100 cows suffer broken tails* Care of meat chickens must improve: SPCAMPI national manager of animal welfare and National Animal Identification and Tracing compliance Gray Harrison said Muller deliberately ill-treated the cows by systematically docking their tails, causing unnecessary and unreasonable pain. MPI encourages anyone with information about potential animal welfare offending to use its hotline number 0800 00 83 33.

Source: Stuff July 20, 2021 05:03 UTC