Delays in cattle deaths report a `traumatic nightmare` for King Country farm owners
(WorldNews New Zealand)

By Andrew McRae of rnz.co.nz An investigation into the poisoning of cattle with 1080 on a King Country farm a year ago still has not been completed, leaving the owners angry over what they say is either a cover-up or buck-passing by various government agencies. Eight cattle were found dead on Paula and Mark Stone`s farm at Mapara, near Te Kuiti, after 1080 was dropped as part of a Department of Conservation (DOC) pest control operation. The pair said the delay in the investigation, which originally was only going to take a few weeks, has taken its toll on them, both financially and emotionally. DOC had previously said that the only logical conclusion was that the cattle broke into a piece of...