Ashburton farmworkers fined for skinning living cow

Ashburton farmworkers fined for skinning living cow

Reading Time: 2 minutes Two Ashburton farmworkers have been fined for skinning a dairy cow alive and livestreaming the act to social media. In late November, Argie Villa, 34, and Russel Galeos, 33, appeared in Christchurch District Court, where Judge Tony Couch fined  them $2000 each after they pleaded guilty to a charge under the Animal Welfare Act. It was reported that the two men had been tasked with skinning the cow after someone else suppos…