New Zealand dairy farmers and animal rights protesters came face to face during Fonterra 's recent animal Gates event , as activists from Mothers Against Cooperative ( MAD ) visited 11 of the cooperative 's sites . Fonterra spokeswoman sue farmer said it was in advance of farmer 's plan to raise awareness of the dairy cooperative 's treatment of animals , and said they were " happy to listen and answer any questions " .
New Zealand dairy farmers and animal rights protesters came face to face during Fonterra's recent Open Gates event, as activists from Mothers Against Dairy (MAD) visited 11 of the cooperative's sites. Fonterra spokeswoman Philippa Norman said it knew in advance of MAD's plan to raise awareness of the dairy industry's treatment of animals, and said they were "happy to listen and answer any questions".