Dental floss sutures lead to animal cruelty fine

Gregor Heard
May 1 2019 - 6:00pm
Farmers and agriculture workers have been warned cruelty to farm animals will not be tolerated.
Farmers and agriculture workers have been warned cruelty to farm animals will not be tolerated.

ATTEMPTS at emergency in-paddock caesarean sections on two sheep, where wounds were sutured with dental floss, by a farm manager with no veterinary qualifications have seen the person fined under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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