Florence Paialii
Published on nzherald.co.nz on 20 July 2022
The discovery of a distressed and starving dog has resulted in a woman being banned from owning the animals for five years.
Auckland woman Florence Paialii’s neighbour discovered Paialii’s dog Milo emaciated, with two large open wounds on its leg and unable to stand after it collapsed on May 19, 2020.
Milo was rushed to an after-hours veterinary clinic and the SPCA was called.
He was covered in fleas, the wounds on his legs had been there at least a week and were seriously infected, and a pressure sore was developing on one of his hips.
SPCA inspectors visited Paialii’s property the next day to speak to her about Milo and carry out an inspection of her other dog.
Paialii wasn’t home but the inspectors discovered an underweight brindle cross-breed male dog, Tyson, chained to a kennel with a large build-up of faeces in his living area.
Tyson had barely any body fat, was infested with fleas, was anaemic and his ears showed signs of previous fly-strike. He was also rushed to a vet for treatment.
The vet concluded both dogs had suffered unreasonable or unnecessary long term severe pain and distress due to emaciation while Milo also had severely infected wounds.
“Milo would have survived only a few more days if veterinary treatment hadn’t been sought,” the vet said.
It took two weeks in hospital before Milo could even manage walking to a toilet outside.
Paialii blamed the trauma of a break-up for contributing to her sometimes neglecting to feed her dogs.
On Tuesday Paialii appeared in the Manukau District Court facing charges of ill-treatment and failing to ensure behavioural needs were met.
She was banned from owning dogs for five years and ordered to pay reparations of $6787.87.
And, once again – banned from owning animals for 5 years. This type of abuse should be banned forever. What is wrong with these judges?????? 5 years is not long enough!
Piece of sh*t! I don’t care what you’re going through…leaving your dogs like this is like leaving your kids like this!…just unacceptable!!!
Totally agree!