The council and police have tried to get him to disassemble this great marketing structure as apparently some person has found it offensive even though it happens every day in the paddocks.
Help this local farmer keep his bull structure, along with a few calves up...
This bull structure since it was erected has given Kerang alot of publicity to both his business and the town; along with a few giggles from people passing by as it is a great promotion of the town of Kerang which is a farming area.
HELP BRUCE COOK KEEP HIS BULL STRUCTURE UP !! Sign the Petition Today and lets get behind the local farmer :) ...
EXTRACT FROM THE HERALD SUN:
A FARMER who has erected a hay bale sculpture depicting a bull serving a cow has been ordered to take it down and could face obscenity charges.
Bruce Cook, owner of Kactus Point Charolais stud erected the sculpture on his farm on the Murray Valley Highway at Lake Charm near Kerang as “a bit of fun.”
But after someone complained that the sculpture was offensive and obscene Mr Cook received a call from a police officer telling him he had to take it down and that he could be charged with “publishing pornographic images”.
“I couldn’t believe it. How could anyone be offended by something that happens out in the paddocks for real every day of the week?
“It’s just nature,” Mr Cook toldThe Weekly Times, which published a picture of the sculpture yesterday.
Since he built the sculpture on Good Friday, dozens of cars and trucks had stopped to admire it and have a bit of a chuckle, he said.
A defiant Mr Cook said he refused to take it down and in fact plans to light up the sculpture at night from tonight, so it can seen for longer by passers-by.
And he was going to add some calves to the sculpture very soon.
“I told the copper to p*ss off,” he said.
“They have picked on the wrong person. I don’t care what they threaten me with. The sculpture stays,” he said.
Mr Crook said he was not angry just totally amused by the fact someone could find an arrangement of hay bales offensive.
“It’s just a stack of hay bales as far as I’m concerned,” he said.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 3, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
May 2, 2015
May 1, 2015
The fight to keep these hay bales up is exhausting but I see the numbers climbing. We are nearly at one hundred signatures, so please send this link to anyone else who understands that farming is just life.
58 Comments
There hay bails they should stay. As my young kids say there he is getting a piggy back.
if a farmer still has a sense of humour after all they face daily, big applause should be given, not critisim.
LOVE IT LOVE IT JUST LOVE IT .........it is what living in the country n growing up on the land is all about breeding n making hay while the sunshines :) go farmer Crook ( Cook )
The Gannawarra Shire councillors wife really needs to stop wasting everybodies time, and take a cup of cement!! The Shire have more important things that need attention and the police do not need to be wasting valuable time and resources, but on the positive side..... The world will know where Kerang is!!!
if this is porn, then what do you call the local dairy farmers having to place suctions onto the cows?? good work to Mr Cook love your work.
What would they do next have him shoot the Bulls in field if they got out and with the rest of the cattle
I would love to buy a t-shirt, can anyone tell me where I can get on?
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The council and police have tried to get him to disassemble this great marketing structure as apparently some person has found it offensive even though it happens every day in the paddocks.
Help this local farmer keep his bull structure, along with a few calves up...
This bull structure since it was erected has given Kerang alot of publicity to both his business and the town; along with a few giggles from people passing by as it is a great promotion of the town of Kerang which is a farming area.
HELP BRUCE COOK KEEP HIS BULL STRUCTURE UP !! Sign the Petition Today and lets get behind the local farmer :) ...
EXTRACT FROM THE HERALD SUN:
A FARMER who has erected a hay bale sculpture depicting a bull serving a cow has been ordered to take it down and could face obscenity charges.
Bruce Cook, owner of Kactus Point Charolais stud erected the sculpture on his farm on the Murray Valley Highway at Lake Charm near Kerang as “a bit of fun.”
But after someone complained that the sculpture was offensive and obscene Mr Cook received a call from a police officer telling him he had to take it down and that he could be charged with “publishing pornographic images”.
“I couldn’t believe it. How could anyone be offended by something that happens out in the paddocks for real every day of the week?
“It’s just nature,” Mr Cook toldThe Weekly Times, which published a picture of the sculpture yesterday.
Since he built the sculpture on Good Friday, dozens of cars and trucks had stopped to admire it and have a bit of a chuckle, he said.
A defiant Mr Cook said he refused to take it down and in fact plans to light up the sculpture at night from tonight, so it can seen for longer by passers-by.
And he was going to add some calves to the sculpture very soon.
“I told the copper to p*ss off,” he said.
“They have picked on the wrong person. I don’t care what they threaten me with. The sculpture stays,” he said.
Mr Crook said he was not angry just totally amused by the fact someone could find an arrangement of hay bales offensive.
“It’s just a stack of hay bales as far as I’m concerned,” he said.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 3, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
May 2, 2015
May 1, 2015
The fight to keep these hay bales up is exhausting but I see the numbers climbing. We are nearly at one hundred signatures, so please send this link to anyone else who understands that farming is just life.
58 Comments
Saw this on my way to Swan Hill this morning.What is the fuss about? This happens in cattle paddocks everywhere.
There hay bails they should stay. As my young kids say there he is getting a piggy back.
if a farmer still has a sense of humour after all they face daily, big applause should be given, not critisim.
LOVE IT LOVE IT JUST LOVE IT .........it is what living in the country n growing up on the land is all about breeding n making hay while the sunshines :) go farmer Crook ( Cook )
The Gannawarra Shire councillors wife really needs to stop wasting everybodies time, and take a cup of cement!! The Shire have more important things that need attention and the police do not need to be wasting valuable time and resources, but on the positive side..... The world will know where Kerang is!!!
if this is porn, then what do you call the local dairy farmers having to place suctions onto the cows?? good work to Mr Cook love your work.
What would they do next have him shoot the Bulls in field if they got out and with the rest of the cattle
I would love to buy a t-shirt, can anyone tell me where I can get on?
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Saw this on my way to Swan Hill this morning.What is the fuss about? This happens in cattle paddocks everywhere.