Judge overturns cattle dehorning case

Mal Gill
Updated September 27 2018 - 3:15pm, first published October 21 2016 - 4:00am
A cattle muster on Moola Bulla station near Halls Creek in the Kimberley. The RSPCA laid 16 cruelty charges after feral cattle from one back country muster were processed by stockmen before being trucked or turned out.
A cattle muster on Moola Bulla station near Halls Creek in the Kimberley. The RSPCA laid 16 cruelty charges after feral cattle from one back country muster were processed by stockmen before being trucked or turned out.

FORMER Kimberley cattleman Nicolaas Botha and a family pastoral company were each acquitted of a cruelty charge on appeal last Friday, ending a landmark legal battle with a resounding win over the RSPCA.

Mal Gill

Mal Gill

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Wool and dairy writer for Farm Weekly.

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