Lochaber Goat Dairy

Tuesday 17 Dec 2019 by Brittany Chain (Daily Mail Australia)

Hidden cameras have captured a farmer sawing off a baby goat's horns using a hot iron on a farm in Victoria. In a video, supplied to Daily Mail Australia by Aussie Farms, the baby goat is screaming in agony as smoke comes from its forehead. Read more >

Monday 16 Dec 2019 by Alex Chapman (7 News)

Confronting footage of a farmer appearing to sear the budding horns off of baby goats as they squeal has emerged. The video was captured by a covert camera at a Victorian farm and provided to animal welfare group Aussie Farms. Read more >

Monday 16 Dec 2019 by Shannon Molloy (News.com.au)

Horrific hidden camera vision shows baby goats screaming in agony as their horn buds are burnt off with hot irons at a Victorian farm. Read more >

Sunday 15 Dec 2019

Confronting Australian-first footage of baby goats screaming and struggling as their budding horns are burnt off with a hot iron has been released this morning by animal protection organisation, Aussie Farms. The anonymously-supplied footage was captured in recent weeks at Lochaber Farm, a large intensive goat dairy in Meredith, Victoria, owned by the popular Meredith Dairy brand. The practice, known as ‘disbudding’, aims to prevent the growth of the goats’ horns and is performed on days-old females (‘doe kids’) who are intended to join their mothers in the breeding and milking cycle. Though clearly cruel, disbudding is common on Australian... Read more >