Published on www.stuff.co.nz 30/08/2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115417811/man-used-skin-stapler-on-dogs-wounds-left-other-dog-with-puncture-down-to-bone   GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION WARNING A man who stapled shut deep wounds on his dog sustained during pig hunting has been sentenced to a short jail term. Jordayne Beaumont-Brown appeared in the Christchurch District Court onRead …

Published on the SPCA website 14/06/2016 https://teachers.spcaeducation.org.nz/about/news/shannon-farmer-starves-calves-to-death-again/   A Shannon farmer has been convicted for the second time for neglecting calves until they die. Carl Smith, 56, was convicted today in the Palmerston North District Court on charges of recklessRead …

Lindsay Fraser Published on NZ Herald 3/9/2020 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12361849 A Masterton woman has been banned from owning stock for a decade after horses were left with untreated maggot-infested wounds and other parasite-infested animals were so thin they were barely more thanRead …