Mallee farmer fined for seriously neglected sheep 

ANIMAL cruelty will “not be tolerated by the Victorian Government or the community” according to Agriculture Victoria after a farmer pleaded guilty to 14 charges. Photo: SUPPLIED.

A MALLEE farmer has been fined $65,000 and disqualified for 25 years from owning any farm animal or being a person in charge of any farm animal after pleading guilty to animal cruelty charges and being sentenced recently at the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court.

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