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Tara Cosoleto

Farmer fined $34k for his role in mass koala deaths

A farmer has been fined after dozens of koalas died or were seriously injured in land clearing. (HANDOUT/THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY)

An 85-year-old farmer has been handed a $34,000 fine for his role in the deaths of 74 koalas in Victoria's southwest.

James Troeth on Friday pleaded guilty in Warrnambool Magistrates Court to four animal cruelty offences over the land clearing incident in Cape Bridgewater.

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