CATTLE ILL-TREATED

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 149, 20 March 1933, Page 10

CATTLE ILL-TREATED

Effects of Tethering AVONDALE FARMER FINED Auckland. March 19. A farmer, T. Charles, of Avondale, appeared on summons before Mr. I*. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday, charged with ill-treating animals. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Constable Mazey, of Avondale, described a visit to defendant’s property, where he found a bull which was tethered by the nose. A chain was over the animal’s horns, and it had worn into the flesh at the base of one horn. In all witness’s experience he had not previously seen a bull tethered in such a fashion. Witness also saw a cow suffering from the effects of a headstall which had evidently been there some time. A horn of another cow had been worn deeply by a rope. The tethering was done to save putting up a fence, and defendant, witness said, appeared to resent. an inquiry into his methods. Counsel said defendant, who was <0 vears old, had dealt with cattle all his life, and had not thought that the animals were being treated in an untoward manner. “It was a brutal thing to treat animals in such a way,” stated the magistrate. “Defendant should have seen that there was no unnecessary suffering.” Defendant was convicted and fined £2.