Published in The Press on 11 February 2025 https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360576613/ute-hunting-trip-inflicted-gratuitous-cruelty-stag A second man involved in a “hunting” trip in which a stag was hit by a ute has been sentenced for his part in inflicting “gratuitous cruelty” on the animal. Mackenzie George Brewerton, 20, appeared at the Nelson District Court on Tuesday on charges of ill
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Cody Paton Published on nzherald.co.nz 28/08/2022 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/man-who-killed-pregnant-ewe-with-ute-convicted-on-animal-cruelty-charge/I7XCO2P3FZBIWKKAEPTWJVQEMU/ Egged on by passengers, Cody Paton revved his engine before deliberately driving at speed into a flock of pregnant sheep, killing one with the bull bars on the front of his ute. He then put its body into the back of his ute and went to a party.
George Waller Published on stuff.co.nz 09/05/2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/112605642/driver-fined-for-running-down-protected-seagulls-on-kaikoura-beach A Christchurch man must pay $4570 after he accelerated his ute through a flock of seagulls, killing three birds. George Waller, 27, admitted the charge of killing protected wildlife when he appeared before Judge John Macdonald in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday. He had earlier pleaded guilty to a