Fired vet who tried to choke cow after lethal injection didn't work wins $35k payout
Tony Austwick was unjustifiably dismissed after three customers made complaints about him.
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Bill Gates backs Kiwi livestock genetics company to improve food supply in Africa
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Aussie farmers to get fix for methane-laced cow burps before NZ
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The science behind Dannevirke's odourless shelter of steaming cow poo
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Cattle declared TB-free in Hari Hari
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