Photo: Supplied / PETA Asia
Animal rights advocates are calling for cameras in shearing sheds, saying "welfare training" for shearers is not enough to stop sheep being mistreated.
The government and the industry have this week announced a joint $75,000 fund to support this training.
It is in response to a damning exposΓ© last year by PETA, which released covert footage of sheep being punched and kicked, and triggered an ongoing investigation by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
However, the SPCA's chief scientific officer, Dr Arnja Dale, said she would be "really disappointed" if this were the only outcome.
Photo: Supplied / SPCA
"It's been more than a year since that exposΓ©.
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