Cooma dairy farmer John Hall faces 10 year ban

John Hall lodged an appeal in the Melbourne County Court against his 2020 sentence for animal cruelty.

Mr Hall's original 10-year disqualification order from being the owner or person in charge of any farm animal was also reinstated.

He pleaded guilty to charges of failing to provide proper and sufficient feed to his herd of 155 cattle, failing to comply with a notice issued by an authorised officer and five separate charges of aggravated cruelty to eight cows.

Agriculture Victoria Animal Health and Welfare Compliance Manager Daniel Bode said the dairy farmer was previously convicted for similar offending in 2017.

"In this case Mr Hall had again failed to comply with a notice under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 and failed to provide adequate care to his stock," he said.

He said apart from the obvious pain and suffering of the animals, animal welfare breaches may affect all producers by jeopardising Victorian farmer's reputations as responsible food producers who work to ensure their animals are well cared-for and treated humanely.

"This is a reminder to all livestock producers that animal cruelty will not be tolerated by the Victorian Government or the community," he said.

Anyone wishing to make a specific complaint in regard to livestock welfare can contact Agriculture Victoria on 136 186 or aw.complaint@agriculture.vic.gov.au