Published on stuff.co.nz 24 July 2023 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/waikato/132603845/no-remorse-no-respect-waikato-womans-blatant-breaches-of-animal-ban ‘No remorse, no respect’: Waikato woman’s blatant breaches of animal ban A Waikato woman banned from owing animals for five years (Animal Abuser article available here) has incurred a further five-year ban after being found with more than 120 on her property, a move described as “despicable” by the […]
Published on 8 May 2023 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/waikato/131978328/seventy-cattle-left-to-starve-to-death-after-farmer-leaves-them-to-fend-for-themselves Seventy cattle left to starve to death after farmer leaves them to fend for themselves Warning – distressing content A Waikato farmer left more than 180 cattle to effectively fend for themselves, after she became preoccupied with looking after her unwell husband. As a result, 53 of those cattle
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Published on scoop.co.nz on 8/2/2023 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2302/S00189/man-failed-to-treat-puppy-with-multiple-fractures.htm Man Failed To Treat Puppy With Multiple Fractures Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 4:24 pmPress Release: SPCA A man whose puppy had such severe injuries to its leg it needed amputating, has been prosecuted by SPCA for failing to treat an injured animal. On 7 February 2023, Clint Maikuku appeared at
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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Alicia Victoria Keppel Published on www.newshub.co.nz on 31/05/2021 https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2021/05/hamilton-farmer-disqualified-from-owning-horses-after-letting-animal-starve-to-death.html A Hamilton woman has been disqualified from owning horses for a year after she let a horse of hers starve to death. Alicia Victoria Keppel, 53, was also sentenced to 100 hours’ community work for the incident and ordered to pay vet fees of $498 in
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Daniel James McGaffin Published on stuff.co.nz 29/07/2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/114539288/cat-put-down-after-teen-swung-neighbours-pet-around-by-its-tail WARNING – CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS A Waikato teenager who swung a cat around and around by its tail left the animal so badly injured it had to be put down. Daniel James McGaffin, 18, was jailed for 22 months when he appeared in the Hamilton District Court this
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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
Published in the Gisborne Herald http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/2111043-135/court-sends-clear-message-on-treatment THE SPCA is pleased with its prosecution of two Gisborne men who ill-treated wild goats, then shared footage on social media. The men were sentenced in Gisborne yesterday and SPCA chief executive officer Ric Odom says it was the court’s conviction of the men rather than the scale
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