Clayton Tamakehu Published on stuff.co.nz on 4 May 2022 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/128541800/man-sentenced-to-24-months-jail-after-violently-killing-cat-at-backpackers GRAPHIC WARNING: A man has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after violently killing a cat at a Dunedin backpackers. Clayton Tamakehu, 35, appeared in the Dunedin District Court for sentencing before Judge Emma Smith on Wednesday. His charges included assault with intent to injure […]
Brett Goulding Published on scoop.co.nz 20/10/2020 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2010/S00397/owner-of-cat-with-untreated-dental-disease-prosecuted-by-spca.htm Failing to seek veterinary help for his cat’s severe dental issues has seen a North Shore man prosecuted by SPCA. Brett Goulding was yesterday sentenced in the Auckland District Court to 100 hours’ community work, ordered to pay reparations of $365.62 and disqualified from owning animals for 5
YUHUA YEH Published on tvnz.co.nz on 8/4/19 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/auckland-woman-banned-owning-animals-five-years-after-failing-treat-elderly-cats-bloody-eye-tumour The SPCA has prosecuted an Auckland woman who failed to provide any treatment for her elderly cat’s bloody eye tumour. In a statement released today the SPCA says Yuhua Yeh was charged in the North Shore District Court with wilful ill treatment of an animal, relating to
Published on www.scoop.co.nz 22/03/2018 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1803/S00545/canterbury-couple-convicted-for-ill-treating-an-animal.htm Darryl McCartney Canterbury couple convicted for ill-treating an animal Thursday, 22 March 2018, 11:09 amPress Release: SPCA 22 March 2018 Canterbury couple convicted for ill-treating an animal and obstructing an SPCA Inspector A Canterbury couple was sentenced by the Christchurch District Court yesterday after the woman did not
Published on stuff.co.nz Nov 6 2017 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/98585424/court-disqualfies-waikato-woman-from-owning-animals-for-five-years Court disqualifies Waikato woman from owning animals for five years A Waikato woman will not be allowed to own animals for five years after failing to treat injured animals in her care. SPCA Inspectors and veterinarians visited Lai Toy’s Waharoa property between July 8 and August 3, 2015, where they found
Published on NZ Herald website 19 December 2014 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11376857 Tatyana Kondratyeva An Auckland woman who kept 50 cats living in disgusting conditions with serious infections and ailments has been sentenced for her neglect. Tatyana Kondratyeva, 51, was found guilty of failing to ensure the physical, health and behavioural needs of 50 cats were met and
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Published on NZ Hearald October 17 2014 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11344169 An Auckland man who crammed 38 dead cats into his freezer has been allowed to keep his three surviving felines but banned from acquiring any more. Donald Cruickshank, 80, was charged with failing to care for his pets after an SPCA visit in December 2010 found
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Published on odt.co.nz 26/09/2014 https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/man-admits-torturing-cats A Cobden man charged with torturing cats by cutting off their paws, and burning one cat alive while beating another to death, yesterday admitted the offences in the Greymouth District Court. Hayden Growcott, 22, faced two charges of animal cruelty in connection with cats which had gone missing from the