Published on NZ Herald 01 June 2023 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/napier-farmer-sentenced-after-35-calves-die-mpi-officers-spent-10k-trying-to-save-them/5IT3MUKHGNBAHB3HRU5XX37U2Q/ Napier farmer sentenced after 35 calves die, MPI officers spent $10k trying to save them Animal welfare officers bought more than $10,000 worth of feed as they tried to save the lives of hundreds of starving calves at a farm property near Napier. But their efforts were […]
Published on 24/04/2024 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/131856646/canterbury-farmer-sentenced-to-home-detention-for-hundreds-of-calf-deaths A Canterbury farmer found responsible for the death of 610 calves has been sentenced to seven months’ home detention. Rakaia calf-rearer Lisa-Jane Claire Miller was sentenced in the Ashburton District Court on five charges under the Animal Welfare Act following a prosecution by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). Miller was
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Russell Murray Berghuis Published on scoop.co.nz on 26/07/2021 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2107/S00461/lifestyle-block-owner-fined-6709-for-starving-cattle.htm Press Release: Ministry For Primary Industries A lifestyle block owner has been fined $6,000 and ordered to pay $700 in veterinarian costs for starving five cattle, and for failing to adequately treat and prevent parasites in two calves. Russell Murray Berghuis, 65, was found guilty of five
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Anthony Brolly Published on nzherald.co.nz 08/03/2021 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tirau-farmer-fined-12000-for-neglecting-calves/LA5WSUZ6I732BRYAFVP32ZLKVQ/ Anthony Brolly, 34, has been sentenced in Taupō District Court on seven charges in a case brought by the Ministry for Primary Industries. He was fined $12,000 and ordered to pay $5292 vet costs. Brolly failed to feed, adequately treat and prevent parasites in 245 calves, and ill-treated
Published in the NZ herald (Northern Advocate) 1 May 32015 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11441651 Farmer’s ‘life ban’ from stock A Northland farmer will have to wait until he is 102 before he is allowed to own stock again following his latest conviction for allowing calves to starve. Lester Donald Reuben Johnstone, 82, of Maungatapere, was convicted in
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