- RNZ
Federated Farmer's national president is relieved an Australian animal rights website has now removed the addresses of hundreds of Southland farms.
Katie Milne said she was alerted yesterday that the activist group, Aussie Farms, had listed Southland farms on an online map, which already pinpointed thousands
of Australian agricultural properties.
Milne said she could only assume Southland farmers had been targeted by the group because of recent activity by environmentalists in the region who had been raising concerns over winter grazing practices there.
The animal rights group said the map allowed people to view farms themselves and make informed choices as consumers, but Australian farmers have called it an invasion of privacy.
