{"id":753748,"date":"2018-07-01T07:22:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T11:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=753748"},"modified":"2018-07-01T07:22:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T11:22:08","slug":"heartbreaking-footage-of-cow-beating-released-by-new-zealand-animal-rights-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=753748","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Heartbreaking&#8217; footage of cow beating released by New Zealand animal rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Farmwatch hid cameras in the shed earlier this year. It alleges over a month-long period it recorded a male sharemilker routinely hitting and beating cows, at times with a metal pipe. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>RNZ:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;The farm monitoring group that took hidden camera footage showing a Northland sharemilker hitting cows with a steel pipe says MPI (Ministry of Primary Industries) is &#8220;incompetent when it comes to animal welfare issues&#8221;. Farmwatch hid cameras in the shed earlier this year. It alleges over a month-long period it recorded a male sharemilker routinely hitting and beating cows, at times with a metal pipe. The group has not named the farm or the sharemilker, but said the footage has been handed over to the MPI. MPI is now investigating the farm&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Farmwatch spokesperson John Darroch said MPI was only acting because the animal rights group had gone public with the footage&#8230; Mr Darroch said Farmwatch only put hidden cameras in the milking shed because a farm worker, who had witnessed the abuse and complained about it to MPI, was told they could not prosecute without video footage and the case was being closed&#8230; Mr Darroch said two people went to MPI, including an ex-worker. He said MPI went to the farm and spent about half an hour there before the cameras were installed. &#8220;They came back and told the whistle-blower that quote &#8216;the farmer is a nice guy&#8217;. &#8220;They had specific knowledge of exactly what was going on, and they closed the investigation despite that&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radionz.co.nz\/news\/national\/360630\/heartbreaking-footage-of-cow-beating-released-by-animal-rights-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RS5XLT7wPa8?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNZ: &#8216;The farm monitoring group that took hidden camera footage showing a Northland sharemilker hitting cows with a steel pipe says MPI (Ministry of Primary Industries) is &#8220;incompetent when it comes to animal welfare issues&#8221;. 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