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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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William “Bill” Chase

Convicted animal abusers /

Published on www.stuff.co.nz on 07/05/2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/112514794/taihape-farmer-banned-from-owning-animals-after-sheep-deaths A Taihape farmer is banned from owning or managing farm animals for five years, after allowing dozens of ewes to die. Animal welfare officers were greeted with a grisly sight when they went to William “Bill” Chase’s farm. Thirty ewes were decomposing, while 22 had to be euthanised, and

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