A WESTERN Australian dairy farmer, who was filmed letting off gunshots after an altercation with animal activists, has denied shooting to scare them off saying the widely circulated footage was edited by the activists.

James Warden, a member of Direct Action Everywhere, captured the video out the front of Jason Parravicini’s farm at Harvey, south of Perth, on Tuesday.

The frustrated farmer can be seen telling the activists, who remained in their car taking video and photos of him and his cattle, to leave.

The conversation escalates to pushing and shoving through the open window.

But it’s the video of Mr Parravicini shooting a gun into the distance which has the activists riled up.

“Stop the abhorrent violence,” Mr Warden wrote on Facebook.

He said the farmer “unlawfully discharged a firearm … in the presence of public concerned citizens after assaulting them”.

“These industries need to be recognised for the families they tear apart, the animals they exploit and the humans that they unlawfully abuse, not their so called ‘product’,” Mr Warden said.

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Mr Parravicini told local radio, 6PR, today that the activists had been coming and going for days, so when he “let two rounds go to scare vermin on the new born calves” he didn’t even know they were there.

Police told The Weekly Times they were investigating the altercation between the two men.

Federal Agricultural Minister David Littleproud today called for “all to remain calm” following the release of the footage.

“Differences between sections of the vegan and farm communities will not be solved with confrontation,” he said.

He said he was “genuinely concerned” that there would be an incident where someone would be seriously hurt.

“Farmers have a right to farm without being harassed,” he said.

“These people are just producing our food and should be left alone to do so.

“Family farms are people’s homes. Children live in these homes. Farmers are good people just trying to live their lives, raise their kids and feed our nation.”

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