Published on mpi.govt.nz on 11 October 2017 https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news-and-resources/media-releases/stock-trader-fined-6000-for-transporting-chronically-sick-and-lame-goats/ David Renouf Hutchings Stock trader fined $6,000 for transporting chronically sick and lame goats Date: 11 Oct 2017Media contact: MPI media teamTelephone: 029 894 0328Email: media@mpi.govt.nz A Taumarunui stock trader who transported chronically ill andRead …

Published in Opotiki News 8/11/2016 https://www.opotikinews.co.nz/blog/707401   AN Opotiki man features on a list of 15 of the worst perpetrators of cruelty to animals that the SPCA has investigated and prosecuted this year. SPCA says the Opotiki man failed toRead …

Published on stuff.co.nz 16/06/2016 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81147619/puppys-leg-amputated-after-beating-by-christopher-cross Neighbours used cellphones to record a puppy yelping in agony as Christopher John Cross beat it so badly the dog’s leg required amputation. The SPCA wants Cross, 26, of Woolston, Christchurch, to be banned for five years from owning an animal. Read …