Media Release

KAP Federal Member for Kennedy has lashed out at the animal rights activists pushing for criminal charges to be laid against the farmers who have worked to the bone to save their stock during and after October’s devastating bushfires.

"To brand these people "criminal" is an outrage and anybody that does so should be hung, drawn and quartered.

"PETA needs a harsh reality check. This mob is an absolute joke. Go back to European catwalks, and stick to your petty red paint protests.

"These extremists don’t understand a thing about the livelihood of our farmers. They have no idea that our farmers work around the clock, 24 hours each and every day to ensure that they have done everything they can to protect both their stock and their future.

"Our graziers do a damn good job under constant pressure from extreme weather events, a diminishing live export market and high Australian dollar.

"I say to the activists responsible for this: get off your high-horse. Our farmers get it bad enough from everything else; they don’t need to be told how to run their farms from the extremist people that live in far away cities, drinking lattés in the morning and champagne at night.

"It is appalling that the people who stand on our frontiers in isolation, protecting the ecology and Australian nature should be attacked.

"Australian farmers, who against all odds keep fighting to feed our hungry nation, should be hailed as heroes of our great nation," Mr Katter said.