兩頭奶牛在運送途中死亡，還有兩頭剛運到漢密爾頓就必須殺死。另外還有兩頭因為健康狀況異常而不適合運送。

 

    新西蘭初級產業(yè)部依據1999年《新西蘭動物福利法案》（Animal Welfare Act 1999），將沃特莫告上法庭。法庭判決沃特莫“虐待動物”和“允許運送不適宜運送的動物”兩項罪名成立。沃特莫表示認罪。

 

    部分原文報道如下：

 

    A Whangarei dairy farmer has been fined $3000 after two of his cows died on their way to an abattoir and a similar number had to be put down on arrival.

 

    A further two cows were declared unfit for transportation because of their physical abnormalities.

 

    Whananaki dairy farmer Ian Graham Whatmough appeared for sentencing in the Whangarei District Court after earlier pleading guilty to one charge of ill-treating animals and another of permitting unfit animals to be transported to Hamilton.

 

    原文鏈接：

 

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=11705046