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Cluck Off Tegel

CampaignsBy Direct Animal Action June 7, 2018 Leave a comment

UPDATE October 2018 WE WON! Direct Animal Action worked to support the Kaipara local community to oppose a proposed Tegel ‘meat’ chicken mega factory farm. Tegel proposed to build a 32 shed mega farm that would have confined 1.3 million chickens at a time to cruel industrial scale conditions. Over the course of one year,…

Roz Holland: Cow cull is a chance to evaluate our farming

BlogsBy Direct Animal Action April 14, 2018 Leave a comment

The cull of 22,000 cattle infected with Mycoplasma bovis is a tragedy about to unfold but the silver lining may be the opportunity it presents to our farmers. For too long New Zealand has relied largely on dairy production. This industry is coming under progressively more market threat from the expanding home production capacity of…