MINISTER for Agriculture David Littleproud has called for calm following another incident with activists, this time in Harvey, Western Australia.<\/p>\n
After arguing with vegan activists filming from a car out the front of his home, seemingly on the road, a dairy farmer discharged a shotgun, though not in the direction of the activists.<\/p>\n
This highlights how these intrusive and unlawful actions can escalate, imagine if farmers went to activists\u2019 homes and started filming where their family live, or actually go onto their property and steal their plants or companion animals.<\/p>\n
The Gippy Goat Caf\u00e9 debacle was another example of activists gone mad, not only did they allegedly steal perfectly healthy animals in a black shirt attack, they effectively stressed and tortured the animals, both by the way they transported them, and the lack of care given once held captive inhumanely inside a house wearing human nappies.<\/p>\n
This follows the launch of the \u201cAussie Farms\u201d vegan activist website, which contains what Minister Littleproud has called an \u201cattack map for activists\u201d listing hundreds of family farms and their addresses, often with incorrect details about their farming operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI call for all to remain calm and respectful,\u201d Minister Littleproud said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFarmers have a right to farm without being harassed, these people are just producing our food and should be left alone to do so.<\/p>\n
\u201cFamily farms are people\u2019s homes, children live in these homes, farmers are good people just trying to live their lives, raise their kids and feed our nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m genuinely concerned there will be an incident in which someone be seriously hurt or worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cDifferences between sections of the vegan and farm communities will not be solved with confrontation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI again ask the owners of the \u2018Aussie Farms\u2019 website to pull down its farm map, it\u2019s an attack map for activists.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s creating an atmosphere of fear and anxiety on farms around Australia, and I am not sure if it contributed to this incident, but it certainly will create more like it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI raised the issue of trespass with my state colleagues at the Agriculture Minister\u2019s meeting in Adelaide recently, and I again implore them to send a clear signal that trespass will result in charges and real penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MINISTER for Agriculture David Littleproud has called for calm following another incident with activists, this time in Harvey, Western Australia. After arguing with vegan activists filming from a car out the front of his home, seemingly on the road, a dairy farmer discharged a shotgun, though not in the direction of the activists. This highlights […]<\/p>\n