Truck driver charged after 86 goats found dead
A truck driver has been charged after 86 goats were found dead on a New South Wales highway.
Police said the 51-year-old man was travelling east on the Kamilaroi Highway, between Bourke and Brewarrina, when he allegedly drove through a road closure sign and into floodwaters at about 9pm on December 7.
The driver called emergency services after the truck became stuck.
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A truck driver has been charged after 86 goats were found dead on a New South Wales highway. File
He was taken to Bourke Hospital for assessment.
The next day police were told about 78 dead goats along a two-kilometre stretch of the highway.
A further eight goats were found seriously injured and had to be euthanised.
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Police visited Dubbo Hospital and spoke to the driver from South Australia today.
They issued him with a court attendance notice for disregarding a barrier regulating traffic by passing in vehicle, committing an act of aggravated cruelty upon an animal, and being the driver of vehicle injuring animal fail to alleviate pain.
The South Australia man is due to appear at Bourke Local Court on February 23.
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