Published by the NZ Law Society 15 June 2017 https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/practice-resources/practice-areas/animal-law/animal-welfare-sentencing-decision-for-serious-violence-against-an-animal   A man who beat a four month old puppy in public, including throwing it against a car and punching the animal in the stomach 10 times, was convicted andRead …

Published in the New Zealand Herald 24/10/2011 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=10928152 A long legal battle has proven animal protection laws do have teeth, although they sometimes take a while for their bite to be felt.The SPCA was recently granted custody of two dogsRead …

Published on tvnz.co.nz on 26/09/2019 tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/dad-prosecuted-beating-dog-bat-leaving-its-eye-bloody-pulp-after-child-attacked Dad prosecuted for beating dog with bat, leaving its eye a ‘bloody pulp’, after child attacked After a seven-year-old girl was rushed to hospital upon being bitten by a dog badly enough that sheRead …