Published on NZ Herald on 17 October, 2023 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/farm-manager-broke-tails-of-116-cows-sentenced-to-home-detention/PRV3FTITOBALJBLL2TQZ6JODKY/ Four cows needed their tails amputated and 116 suffered pain and permanent damage after a farm manager deliberately broke the tails, some more than once. In one case, a cow’s tail was left dangling, another suffered torn skin at the site of the injury and others […]
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Published on 11 October 2022 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2210/S00159/otago-farmer-fined-12000-and-banned-from-owning-cattle-for-serious-welfare-problems.htm Otago Farmer Fined $12,000 And Banned From Owning Cattle For Serious Welfare Problems Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 6:24 pmPress Release: Ministry of Primary Industries An Otago farmer has been fined $12,000 and banned from owning cattle for a range of welfare problems contributing to the death of over a
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Bernard Harry Jacks Dunlop Published on stuff.co.nz 19/11/2021 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300458321/man-who-had-127-dairy-cows-with-broken-tails-in-his-herd-swears-off-farming A man who broke dozens of cow tails has sworn off farming, but may yet be subject to more criminal proceedings thanks to his ill-treatment of animals. Bernard Harry Jacks Dunlop should not find it hard to keep his promise, as he was banned by Judge
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Anthony Green Published on www.stuff.co.nz 11/10/2021 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/126648560/bulls-left-in-severe-pain-after-pairs-diy-castrations-in-a-car-park Two men have been fined after their botched attempt to castrate two bulls with cable ties and rubber bands in a service station car park. John Thompson and Anthony Green have been ordered to pay over $4000 each after their attempt left the two animals in severe pain,
Nigel GeorgeRowan Published on sunlive.co.nz 26/09/2021 https://sunlive.co.nz/news/277615-farmer-fined-9000-and-restricted-from-owning-cows.html A farmer who underfed nearly 300 cows and heifers has been fined $9,000, ordered to pay vet costs of $1,763 and faces permanent restrictions on the number of animals he can own. Nigel George Rowan, 74, pleaded guilty to three charges under the Animal Welfare Act at the
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Joseph Michael McDonald & Agricola Enterprises Limited Published on nzherald.co.nz 18/09/2018 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/waikato-dairy-farmer-company-fined-after-cows-suffer-tail-breaks/SILJ53AMVWANC32EFDTPIJH2MY/ A Waikato dairy farming operation and its company director have been fined $8000 after it was found 119 of its cows suffered tail injuries or breaks. Agricola Enterprises Ltd and one of its directors, Joseph Michael McDonald, were found guilty at trial in
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Published in stuff.co.nz 11/05/2021 https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/125094643/timaru-man-sentenced-on-animal-cruelty-charges A Timaru man has been ordered to pay $5400 after admitting one charge of ill-treatment of an animal and one charge of reckless ill-treatment of an animal after animal welfare officers found a severely emaciated cow and a pig on his property in such poor condition they had to be
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A Waihī dairy farming couple have been fined over $7500 for serious animal welfare charges.
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First published on stuff.co.nz October 4 2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/116327107/southland-farmers-fined-after-more-than-100-cows-suffer-broken-tails An Invercargill farming operation and a contract milker it employed have been fined almost $10,000 after more than 100 cows in their care suffered broken tails. Green Grass Farms Limited and Wilem Barend Wouters were sentenced when they appeared in the Invercargill District Court on Thursday after
Published on stuff.co.nz 22/06/2018 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/104920012/nelson-farmer-banned-for-illtreatment-of-dead-rotting-and-dying-calves A Nelson judge found himself in a “very difficult position” when finding an appropriate sentence for a 77-year-old Richmond farmer charged with animal cruelty. Inspections of a Redwood Valley beef farm belonging to Raymond Albert Gardner, 77, uncovered dead, rotting, and dying calves, cows in “obvious pain and distress” with
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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 27 September 2017 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/waikato-man-fined-and-banned-for-failing-to-treat-cows-eye-injury/ROWXDQJ36X4DUDWMTNHL3D4YYY/ Waikato man fined and banned for failing to treat cow’s eye injury A Waikato man has been banned from owning an animal for five years after failing to treat a cow’s severe eye injury. SPCA inspectors and a vet found the injury to Billy Tui’s cow was
Clyde Barclay McIntosh Published on stuff.co.nz 9 April 2015 https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/67672562/guilty-pleas-prosecution-over-lame-cows Guilty pleas, prosecution over lame cows David Clarkson15:37, Apr 09 2015 Sixteen dairy cows on two Canterbury properties were so lame they had to be euthanised by being shot after checks by animal welfare inspectors and veterinarians. The Christchurch District Court was told that 122
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regional/247588/farmer-fined-over-badly-injured-cow Published on rnz.co.nz 18/06/2014 Farmer fined over badly injured cow A farmer has pleaded guilty to ill-treating one of his cows left in such a poor state one of its eyes was infected with maggots and it had to be put down. The SPCA said the cow was beyond treatment. Anthony Joseph Schluter was
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Published on stuff.co.nz 8 Feb 2013 http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8277623/Dairy-farmer-jailed-for-extreme-cruelty-to-cows Dairy farmer jailed for ‘extreme cruelty’ to cows 11:11, Feb 08 2013 A Waikato farmer will spend this weekend in the care of his local church in Waihi before beginning a jail sentence on Monday for cruelty to animals. In the High Court at Rotorua this week,
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Published on NZ Herald 27 Sept 2012 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10836941 Farmer sentenced for starving cows A West Coast farmer has been sentenced to community service after 60 cattle were found dead and dying. Tjeerd Visser, 24, was sentenced in Christchurch District Court to 350 hours’ community service after pleading guilty to two charges of animal cruelty dating
Published A Northland dairy farmer has been fined $1000 for failing to provide treatment for a cow suffering from cancer of the eye. Fraser McBeth was convicted in Whangarei District Court after a Ministry of Agriculture investigation into the condition of a cow he had sent to a processing plant earlier in 2011. A