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SocietyAugust 17, 2018

Are you ready for the cow-pocalypse?

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It’s clear New Zealand’s 10.6 million cows aren’t going to stand for our shit anymore. So how should we fight back? The Spinoff TV’s Hayden Donnell reports.

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