Logan Bragg Published on newshub.co.nz on 24/09/2018 https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/09/tauranga-man-sentenced-for-shooting-neighbour-s-dog-in-the-rear.html   The dog had several small wounds consistent with bullet holes. Photo credit: SPCA A Tauranga man has been sentenced for shooting his neighbour’s elderly dog in the rear end with aRead …

Published in the New Zealand Herald 24/10/2011 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=10928152 A long legal battle has proven animal protection laws do have teeth, although they sometimes take a while for their bite to be felt.The SPCA was recently granted custody of two dogsRead …

Published on stuff.co.nz 5/11/2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/117170833/southland-farm-worker-guilty-of-breaking-tails-fined A Judge said breaking cow tails could effect New Zealand’s animal welfare reputation, after he fined a farm worker in court on Tuesday. Farm worker Kenneth Cooper-Campbell, 25, of Tokanui, admitted having ill-treated animals by manipulating theirRead …