ANIMAL rights “zealots” will be stung with on-the-spot fines

[sprintcyclist]

ANIMAL rights “zealots” will be stung with on-the-spot fines if they’re found invading farms in a major crackdown against new age activism by the State Government.

Under new regulations being drafted, police and agricultural department officers will have the power to issue hefty fines which The Sunday Mail understands could reach hundreds of dollars.

It comes amid a wave of vegan activism which has even hit Australian supermarkets where stickers warning of cancer and heart disease have been placed on meat and dairy products.

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Agricultural Minister Mark Furner said as a consequence of this “new and completely inappropriate era of activism”, the Palaszczuk Government was drawing a line in the sand.


“These activities create a serious biosecurity issue as well as putting the lives of farmers, workers and indeed animals at risk,” Mr Furner said.

“We are getting tough on farm invaders because their actions are dangerous.”

The activists have outraged farmers and politicians alike in recent weeks, after a group allegedly walked onto Lemontree Feedlot near Millmerran in the Darling Downs region last month.

Police charged a 29-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man from Margate on Friday with trespass.

A major protest is also planned in Queensland for Sunday, with a Facebook event telling activists to meet at 1.45am and to ensure fuel tanks are full.

No location is given however the event says Brisbane.

The new fines, which are to be created under the Biosecurity Act 2014, means the law would meet the activists at the farm gate, compared to pursuing trespassing charges.

A special taskforce will also be joined between the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and the police’s intelligence unit to focus specifically on animal activism.

It will put processes in place to de-escalate situations while also providing procedures for farms to collect evidence.


A major protest is also planned in Queensland for Sunday, with a Facebook event telling activists to meet at 1.45am and to ensure fuel tanks are full.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Government was backing farmers.

“We want our farmers to get on with their job, to be able to work in a stress-free environment and not have activists, who are coming mainly from interstate to Queensland, causing them distress, which has an impact on our export industry as well,” she said.

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[Black Orchid]

These vegan activists are violent nazis but I doubt a fine will bother them.

[brian ross]

Ah, the pay-off for the Nationals, hey? Gotta allow farmers a free hand to torture their animals, right?

I wonder, did any else watch the movie Babe when it came out or since? Rather disturbing opening scenes...

[Gordon]

Ah, the pay-off for the Nationals, hey? Gotta allow farmers a free hand to torture their animals, right?

I wonder, did any else watch the movie Babe when it came out or since? Rather disturbing opening scenes...

Are you autistic?

[brian ross]

Ah, the pay-off for the Nationals, hey? Gotta allow farmers a free hand to torture their animals, right?

I wonder, did any else watch the movie Babe when it came out or since? Rather disturbing opening scenes...

Are you autistic?

Nope. Are you stupid, Islamophobic and a right-wing fool, Gordon?

[Gordon]

You're a bit like rainman except you're too fucking stupid to count cards. Doctor of divinity, eh?

[brian ross]

You're a bit like rainman except you're too fucking stupid to count cards. Doctor of divinity, eh?

As the parent of an Autistic child, I have a great deal more understanding of what Autism is. Your jibes are below the belt but rather typical of you. Run along, Gordon, go back to the little kiddies' playground where you can roll in the mud all day long, to your heart's content.

[IQS.RLOW]

I'd be autistic too, if I was force fed leftist ideological gruel by an extreme leftwing fascist.

[cods]

Ah, the pay-off for the Nationals, hey? Gotta allow farmers a free hand to torture their animals, right?

I wonder, did any else watch the movie Babe when it came out or since? Rather disturbing opening scenes...

they depend entirely on their animals for a living... just a few a very few stoop to levels that are cruel....and well you know it....

I think our country loves its animals...but the govts cant stop everything......look what happened when they tried to stop Greyhound Racing....SCREAMS from people in the streets....

as for movies..... well no I dont judge us all by a movie.. ...

did you see WOLF CREEK.? do you think we are all like MICK?....

[brian ross]

Ah, the pay-off for the Nationals, hey? Gotta allow farmers a free hand to torture their animals, right?

I wonder, did any else watch the movie Babe when it came out or since? Rather disturbing opening scenes...

they depend entirely on their animals for a living... just a few a very few stoop to levels that are cruel....and well you know it....

Alll depends upon the definition of what constitutes "cruelty", Cods.

Some people think sending animals alive overseas on long, distressing is cruel. Some don't. Personally, I believe it is cruel and we should instead be slaughtering them in Australia to be sent overseas as carcasses.

I think our country loves its animals...but the govts cant stop everything......look what happened when they tried to stop Greyhound Racing....SCREAMS from people in the streets....

And so the slaughter of dogs continues. Some people like the spectacle and don't care about costs. Same for race horses. Both "sports" are not terribly sports like in their behaviour. I went to school with Bart Cumming's son. He told some interesting stories about horse racing. I refuse to bet on any race involving animals as a consequence...

as for movies..... well no I dont judge us all by a movie.. ...

did you see WOLF CREEK.? do you think we are all like MICK?....

Yes, I saw Wolf Creek, Cods. Are you saying that say, Valkie or Yogi aren't rather like Mick in their big man attitudes? Some people are rather animal like in their attitudes towards other people - look at the thread on the treatment of the children of Daesh members to see what I mean...