A GIPPSLAND producer has pled guilty of several animal cruelty charges and was fined $2,500 plus $224.69 service costs in the Bairnsdale Magistrates Court recently.
Barry Sellings did not appear before the court and the case was heard ex-parte to charges of animal cruelty, including aggravated cruelty, leading to the serious injury of a cow in his care.
Mr Sellings was charged with cruelty and aggravated cruelty under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986.
Agriculture Victoria Compliance Manager, Daniel Bode, said Mr Sellings owned a cow that was left untreated for eye cancer…
