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Farmer banned over stock welfare

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An Otago farmer has been banned from the commercial farming of sheep for at least a decade and will have to pay more than $30,000 in fines and costs for failing to look after the welfare of his flock.

Two of John Dempster's three farms had to
be completely de-stocked and the home farm was able to support only 300 animals, the Dunedin District Court heard.

A total of 1153 sheep were sold and another 445 sheep had to be killed on the farms because chronic under-feeding had left them in poor condition.

The sheep were inspected by an animal welfare investigator in June 2006 after a complaint from a member of the public.

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