AGRICULTURE NEWS - The council of the Brahman Cattle Breeders’ Society of South Africa has condemned the actions of a small group of Brahman stud breeders, who allegedly altered the birthdates of some of their cattle to give them an unfair advantage in the show ring.

Sydney Hunt, the council’s president, told Farmer’s Weekly that while the council had originally been notified of one Brahman stud breeder allegedly employing this practice, a subsequent internal investigation had found that “a limited number” of others were allegedly doing the same thing.

“An affected animal would compete unfairly in a younger age group. 

Manipulation of birthdates [is] considered unacceptable and unbecoming of a stud breeder, and measures were implemented to prevent this from happening [again],” Hunt said.

He added that while legitimate administrative errors did occur at times when the birthdates of Brahman stud animals were recorded with the society, more stringent processes and oversight were now being implemented to prevent the system from being abused again.

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