Farmer fined $52K for animal cruelty - 65 cows starved to death & 23 cows euthanised after advanced starvation

FIFTH generation Western District farmer, Neil Lindsay McIntosh, was convicted of numerous animal cruelty charges and fined $52,000 after 65 Angus cows on his Tahara property starved to death and 23 had to be euthanised from advanced starvation. Photo: TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY GURU.

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September 16, 2023 | 11:00 AM

A TAHARA farmer who narrowly escaped a prison sentence on animal cruelty charges relating to multiple deaths of Angus cattle on his property, instead copped a hefty fine of $52,000.

Represented in the Hamilton Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday by Melbourne barrister, Alan Marshall, fifth generation Western District farmer, Neil Lindsay McIntosh, pleaded guilty to three charges of cruelty to animals and seven charges of aggravated cruelty to an animal.