Goat dairy wastage

The footage reveals the harsh reality of the dairy industry, where animals must be repeatedly impregnated to continue producing milk. The female babies are raised to join the breeding and milking cycle, while the male babies are considered useless to the industry. This particular farm is owned by millionaire John Gommans, who also owns the Gippy Goat farm (and former cafe), which was subject to a high profile protest by animal activists in late 2018.

This is yet another example of an industry with zero transparency or laws to properly govern it - everything shown in this footage is completely legal under Victoria's animal welfare legislation.

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Currently, this and other brutal practices are entirely legal as commercial animals are not protected under Victoria's state animal welfare laws. We're working with Andy Meddick MP to change that, starting with a parliamentary petition calling on the state government to remove the exemption for farm animals from the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.

Note: This petition is only open to residents of Victoria, Australia. For non-Victorian residents, please sign our general petition.

• BREAKING: Australian-first covert footage of baby goats being killed at high profile Victorian farm released

  Wednesday 4 Sep 2019 by (Toorak Times)

  Confronting footage of baby goats being killed by the trailer-load using a captive bolt gun and then thrown into a bin has been released this morning by animal protection organisation, Aussie Farms.
• Troubling farm footage of dying goats goes viral

  Wednesday 4 Sep 2019 by (myGC)

  Footage has gone viral this week – and be warned, it’s not very pleasant – of baby goats being slaughtered on a farm.
• Disturbing footage shows farmer shooting newborn goats in the head and dumping them in a bin

  Wednesday 4 Sep 2019 by Oli Gross (Totally Vegan Buzz)

  Activists have revealed shocking footage in which a farmer heartlessly shoots newborn goats in the head one by one before tossing them in a bin.
• Vegan activists seek protections

  Wednesday 4 Sep 2019 by (The Australian)

  Animal activists have told a Victorian parliamentary inquiry that their ultimate aim is to end the farming of animals.
• Animal activists blast 'psychopath' for shooting newborn goats in the head and tossing them in a bin - but farmers say it's the most humane way to kill

  Wednesday 4 Sep 2019 by Kelsey Wilkie (Daily Mail)

  Disturbing footage of a farmer shooting newborn goats in the head before violently tossing them in a bin has emerged online.
• 'Treated like trash': Shocking video shows baby goats shot in the head on farm

  Wednesday 4 Sep 2019 by Michael Dahlstrom (Yahoo News)

  This is the shocking moment baby goats are shot in the head in a mass cull and dumped into a bin just days after they are born. The disturbing footage obtained by Yahoo News Australia was shot on a Victorian dairy farm last Sunday morning.
• Footage shows baby goats shot on Vic farm

  Wednesday 4 Sep 2019 by Christine McGinn (7 News)

  A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation Aussie Farms released footage on Wednesday of the legal practice of baby goats being shot in..
• Footage shows baby goats shot on Vic farm

  Wednesday 4 Sep 2019 by Christine McGinn (Canberra Times)

  A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation Aussie Farms released footage on Wednesday of the legal practice of baby goats being shot in..

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