In reply to D.Pratt (Sun 17/9) an Animal Cruelty Act was passed earlier in the year. Unfortunately it seems that it applies to domestic animals only.
Take a trip to Taupo or Auckland and observe farmers dry stock standing in paddocks of mud. No grass and no evidence of any supplementary feed. I have seen them eating dirt. There is no one to take action against poor or cruel farming practices. At least the caged birds and animals get fed.
Stuart Keene, Otumoetai.