Cara’s full name, home address, parent’s home address and even her car registration was plastered over social media. 'I feel really threatened here because I live alone'.
THE FEED: ‘A 24-year-old animal rights activist says she fears for her life, after liberating three goats and a lamb from a Victorian cafe in December last year. Cara Garett was one of 70 activists who confronted the ‘Gippy Goat Cafe’ and farm in Gippsland, Victoria – to highlight what they see as animal exploitation and mistreatment… John Gommans is the farmer who runs Gippy Goat Cafe…
Cara was taken to court over the incident. She maintains she was liberating the goats, but the Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court deemed it theft and fined her $250. On top of that, she was required to pay two $1 fines for for removing an identifying ear tag from a stolen goat, and a further $1 for housing livestock without a Property Identification Code… But for Cara, her problems had only just begun.
“[The public] weren’t happy and wanted to take the law into their own hands and were very detailed about how they would have done that.” Soon Cara’s full name, home address, parent’s home address and even her car registration was plastered over social media. “I feel really threatened here because I live alone, I’m only 24, the closest police station is like 20 minutes away.”..
In response to the altercation with Cara and the animal activists, Gommans has teamed up with local National’s MP Melina Bath to petition for stricter punishments. “Animal activists regularly conduct activities that are outside the law, and they need to be deterred and penalised for their actions,” Gommans said’. SOURCE…
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