Cow-beating footage thrown out in court

July 10th, 2020

A Northland contract milker caught on hidden camera beating cows with a steel pipe has had five charges against him dropped after a judge ruled the footage was obtained unlawfully. While it was agreed the footage – first exposed in a Newsroom story in 2018 – showed the mistreatment of animals, the fact animal advocates trespassed in order to obtain it led to the judge excluding the evidence.

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