Lochaber Goat Dairy

Meredith-Mt Mercer Road, Meredith VIC Australia 3333
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  • ‘Disturbing’ covert footage shows baby goats screaming in pain as horn buds burnt off with hot iron

    Sunday 15 Dec 2019

    Confronting Australian-first footage of baby goats screaming and struggling as their budding horns are burnt off with a hot iron has been released this morning by animal protection organisation, Aussie Farms. The anonymously-supplied footage was captured in recent weeks at Lochaber Farm, a large intensive goat dairy in Meredith, Victoria, owned by the popular Meredith Dairy brand. The practice, known as ‘disbudding’, aims to prevent the growth of the goats’ horns and is performed on days-old females (‘doe kids’) who are intended to join their mothers in the breeding and milking cycle. Though clearly cruel, disbudding is common on Australian... Read more >