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Peter James Valentine

1 Comment / Convicted animal abusers /

Published in the NZ Herald, 10 March 2025 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/taihape-court-jails-farmer-peter-valentine-for-neglect-bans-ownership-of-any-more-animals/QLKITMH3CJB5VN6Y6RPHIGEVSM A farmer found with dead lambs on his property, while other sheep and lambs were found with parasites or were thin and malnourished, has been jailed and banned indefinitely from owning any more animals. Peter James Valentine was sentenced in the Taihape District Court today to just over […]

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Rodney Grant Nicol

1 Comment / Convicted animal abusers /

Rodney Grant Nicol Published on stuff.co.nz 03/04/2021 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/125340503/tokoroa-farmer-fined-17500-after-neglect-leaves-11-cattle-dead A Tokoroa dairy farmer whose neglect of young cattle led to 11 deaths has been fined $17,500 and warned he could be disqualified from farming if he appears on animal welfare charges again. Rodney Grant Nicol​, 61, was sentenced in the Tokoroa District Court on Thursday, after earlier pleading

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Donald Charles Pelvin

Convicted animal abusers /

Published on www.stuff.co.nz 10/02/2021 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/124203541/south-canterbury-lifestyle-farmer-fined-17500-for-starving-and-illtreating-sheep A South Canterbury lifestyle farmer has been fined $17,500 for the reckless ill-treatment of his sheep, failing to provide them with proper feed, and not treating them for parasites. Donald Charles Pelvin, 67, was sentenced in Christchurch District Court on Wednesday on three animal welfare charges brought by the Ministry

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