Published in Otago Daily Times on 31 August 2024 https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/dairy/canterbury-farmer-gets-community-work-after-starving-cattle A Canterbury farmer has been sentenced to 240 hours of community work after starving his cattle, resulting in at least 20 dying. Stuart Wellesley Parkinson, 45, was sentenced on Thursday in the Christchurch District Court on three charges under the Animal Welfare Act. As well […]
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Geoffrey Clark Published on scoop.co.nz 24/06/2020 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2006/S00539/spca-prosecutes-man-for-docking-puppies-tails.htm A Christchurch man has been prosecuted by SPCA after docking the tails of two boxer puppies. Geoffrey Clark was sentenced at the Christchurch District Court yesterday to two charges of docking the dogs’ tails. He was sentenced to a fine of $400 and ordered to pay legal costs
George Waller Published on stuff.co.nz 09/05/2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/112605642/driver-fined-for-running-down-protected-seagulls-on-kaikoura-beach A Christchurch man must pay $4570 after he accelerated his ute through a flock of seagulls, killing three birds. George Waller, 27, admitted the charge of killing protected wildlife when he appeared before Judge John Macdonald in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday. He had earlier pleaded guilty to a
Published on stuff.co.nz 16/06/2016 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81147619/puppys-leg-amputated-after-beating-by-christopher-cross Neighbours used cellphones to record a puppy yelping in agony as Christopher John Cross beat it so badly the dog’s leg required amputation. The SPCA wants Cross, 26, of Woolston, Christchurch, to be banned for five years from owning an animal. He admitted a charge of wilful ill-treatment of the dog, causing serious injury, in the Christchurch
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