A Cooma dairy farmer has been banned from owning livestock for 10 years and fined $60,000 after being resentenced in court.
John Hall lodged an appeal in the Melbourne County Court against his 2020 sentence for animal cruelty.
As well as being fined, Mr Hall's original 10-year disqualification order from being the owner or person in charge of any farm animal was also reinstated.
He pleaded guilty to charges of failing to provide proper and sufficient feed to his 155 cattle, failing to comply with a notice issued by an authorised officer and five separate charges of aggravated cruelty to eight cows.
Agriculture Victoria animal health and welfare compliance manager Daniel Bode said the dairy farmer was previously convicted for a similar offending in 2017.
"In this case Mr Hall had again failed to comply with a notice under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 and failed to provide adequate care to his stock," Mr Bode said.
He said apart from the obvious pain and suffering of the animals, animal welfare breaches could jeopardise Victorian farmers' reputations as responsible food producers who work to ensure their animals are well cared for and treated humanely.
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