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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Debbie Barker Published on tvnz.co.nz 22/07/2019 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/sanctuary-operator-sentenced-neglect-toppa-pony-good-intentions-not-enough An Auckland woman has been sentenced to community detention after neglecting a pony, causing what the SPCA calls unnecessary pain and distress. The pony, named Toppa, was eventually put down. Debbie Barker pleaded guilty in the Waitākere District Court to one charge of ill-treatment of a pony. On
Published on stuff.co.nz 15/7/19 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/114250382/northland-farmer-banned-from-owning-cattle-and-fined-5000-over-animal-cruelty A Northland farmer has been banned from owning cows for two years after being found guilty of a range of animal welfare offences. Kenneth Charles Wood, 62, was sentenced at Whangarei District Court last week and fined $5000. Wood was prosecuted by the Ministry for Primary Industries after it received a complaint about
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Published on tvnz.co.nz 25/06/2019 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/immeasurable-suffering-palmerston-north-man-fined-10-000-neglecting-pony A Palmerston North man has been fined $10,000 for failing to provide appropriate care and health interventions for his pony which ended up being euthanised. Michael Booth pled guilty in the Palmerston North District Court to one charge of recklessly ill-treating a pony, causing it to suffer unreasonable and unnecessary
Published on newshub.co.nz 13/06/2019 https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/06/dunedin-man-sentenced-for-beating-cat-to-death.html?fbclid=IwAR3aLw8BWXlU7T4op1PIOFXThwm7N4GcuKoDeE9UtlDI64qVZ_wMVLTNGNI A second conviction is also below A Dunedin man has been sentenced after admitting he beat a cat with a piece of wood until it died. Tereariki Moses pleaded guilty on Thursday in the Dunedin District Court to the ill-treatment of the cat in October, the Otago Daily Times reports. He received
Published on tvnz.co.nz 30/05/2019 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/christchurch-man-fined-using-prohibited-trap-catch-animals-eating-his-plants A Canterbury man has been fined for using a prohibited trap for the purpose of capturing an animal. Following a one-day trial yesterday at Christchurch District Court, Graham Witty was convicted and ordered to pay $500 towards SPCA costs and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon for
Published on stuff.co.nz 22/05/2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/112905838/huntly-man-banned-for-life-from-owning-animals-after-botched-tail-dock A Huntly man has been banned for life from owning animals after his attempt to dock the tail of a doberman puppy left it in severe pain with bone and muscle exposed. William Brown pleaded guilty to performing a significant surgical procedure on an animal and failing to ensure that the
Published on nzherald.co.nz 08/05/2019 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12229012&fbclid=IwAR3AzVxjjHMCUuAyL2ffCSgd3yQ0ISn22ac5AeeJ9NFb42ukaDR58FuNPi8 The owner of a West Auckland doggy daycare has been disqualified from working with animals for five years after a much-loved pet died at her facility and led to the first SPCA prosecution of its kind. Wilson, a 17-month-old huntaway-doberman cross, was found dead with several bite wounds at Valley Dog Daycare
Published on stuff.co.nz on 15/05/2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/112745638/woman-fined-500-for-docking-rottweiler-puppies-with-bands?cid=facebook.post&fbclid=IwAR2hea0zCoinCha_QR8Ji-AmFy27rFBwsNTJnXQO_klmi4nXQaW4lP0eCFE A Waihī woman who was breeding Rottweilers for sale is the first to be fined under new rules preventing the docking of tales. Jennifer King pleaded guilty to docking the tail of a dog and was sentenced at Waihī District Court on Monday, an SPCA statement said. She must pay
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
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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Published on www.tvnz.co.nz on 3 May 2019 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/spca-prosecutes-auckland-man-left-dog-badly-infected-eye An Auckland man has been sentenced after he left a dog in significant pain for several months with a badly infected eye. Petelo Iosefa-Tamalii was charged with failing to ensure that an animal that is ill or injured received treatment and was sentenced to 100 hours community services
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YUHUA YEH Published on tvnz.co.nz on 8/4/19 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/auckland-woman-banned-owning-animals-five-years-after-failing-treat-elderly-cats-bloody-eye-tumour The SPCA has prosecuted an Auckland woman who failed to provide any treatment for her elderly cat’s bloody eye tumour. In a statement released today the SPCA says Yuhua Yeh was charged in the North Shore District Court with wilful ill treatment of an animal, relating to
Murray John Illing Published on odt.co.nz 2903/2019 https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/rural-people/rodeo-enthusiast-fined-over-cow-abuse-case An Otago rodeo enthusiast and farmer of 35 years has been ordered to pay more than $4500 over his role in a cow-abuse case. Murray John Illing (52) has appeared in the Otago Daily Times several times in the last decade, pictured on horseback, roping cattle. Yesterday
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Published on www.newshub.co.nz on 27/03/2019 https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/whakatane-man-sentenced-for-beating-puppy.html Dimitrie Apanui pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Whakatāne District Court to the ill-treatment of puppy King in 2018. He was sentenced to 240 hours community service and disqualified from owning animals for three years. CCTV footage showed Apanui beating the puppy with a “small object” at least six times,
Jaedan Joseph Wells Published on nzherald.co.nz 23/03/2019 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12215205 A sharemilker has been banned from owning animals for four years after officials discovered dairy cows under his care on a Northland farm had burst udders from untreated mastitis, and severely lame cows and a calf. There were also 65 cows with broken tails. A beardie-cross dog
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Posted on stuff.co.nz 5/3/2019 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/111016045/man-jailed-for-inflicting-brutal-injury-to-his-dog-then-letting-it-suffer?cid=facebook.post&fbclid=IwAR1SIweMel9Id8yWm34kscdwTYWDi2r3-M5P5y2u3T_roTNa-TflQrYsCpE A man who violently attacked his dog, smashing one of its leg in several places, has been jailed for 12 months. Serrin MacPherson, 29, was sentenced in the Wairoa District Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to wilfully ill-treating his dog Rocka, then failing to get it treated. Rocka was one
Published on www.newshub.co.nz on 24/01/2019 https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/01/tauranga-man-sentenced-for-horrific-neglect-of-two-dogs.html A Tauranga man has been sent to prison after he subjected his two dogs to horrific neglect. Louis Delves pleaded guilty to four charges under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 relating to failing to ensure the physical, health and behavioural needs of his two dogs. He was sentenced to
Published on TVNZ.co.nz 6/11/2018 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/whangarei-woman-guilty-neglecting-dog-sick-emaciated-and-in-pain Whangarei woman guilty of neglecting dog that was sick, emaciated and in pain A Whangarei woman has been prosecuted by the SPCA after her dog Goliath was found emaciated, with protruding ribs, vertebrae, pelvis bones and a loss of muscle mass while in her care. A statement released by
Logan Bragg Published on newshub.co.nz on 24/09/2018 https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/09/tauranga-man-sentenced-for-shooting-neighbour-s-dog-in-the-rear.html The dog had several small wounds consistent with bullet holes. Photo credit: SPCA A Tauranga man has been sentenced for shooting his neighbour’s elderly dog in the rear end with a shotgun. Logan Bragg appeared in the Tauranga District Court on Friday and was ordered to
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Published on stuff.co.nz 20/09/2018 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/107225744/petfood-firm-owner-sentenced-on-animal-abuse-charges Alan Martyn Cleaver was sentenced at the Hamilton District Court on Thursday. The owner of a pet-food company at the centre of an animal abuse storm has been sentenced to six months’ community detention between 9pm and 6am, 180 hours of community work, and a fine of $90,000. He has also
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Peter Michael Walters Published on stuff.co.nz on 16 August 2018 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/106320205/man-guilty-of-illtreating-cashew-the-pony-for-the-second-time A former pony club president has been found guilty of ill-treating his pony for the second time, in exactly the same way as the first. Judge Lance Rowe found Peter Michael Walters guilty of the charge in the Palmerston North District Court on
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Published on tvnz.co.nz on 15/08/2018 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/man-sentenced-after-horse-discovered-barely-able-stand-unable-eat-due-ulcerated-gums?variant=tb_v_1 Christopher Tuaupiki A man was sentenced yesterday to three months of community detention after his horse had to be euthanised because debilitating oral problems meant it was unable to eat. Christopher Tuaupiki was found guilty at the Te Kuiti District Court on March 20 of one charge of reckless
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Matthew Madsen Published on stuff.co.nz Jul 25, 2018 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105736706/puppy-with-broken-thigh-bone-left-without-treatment-for-months For 3 months, Sky had been keeping her weight off her left hind leg and yelping when trying to jump onto a couch or bed. In October 2017, at 4-months old, Sky, a rottweiler puppy, was beaten and her thigh bone fractured. She was left to limp around in
Published on stuff.co.nz 12/7/2018 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105448433/canterbury-man-sentenced-for-cruel-abuse-of-dog A Canterbury man who was seen kicking and strangling his dog – and shooting it with a BB gun – has been sentenced in a case the SPCA calls precedent-setting. Jade Noanoa pleaded guilty at the Christchurch District Court on June 14 to one charge of ill-treating an animal. He was
Published on stuff.co.nz 22/06/2018 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/104920012/nelson-farmer-banned-for-illtreatment-of-dead-rotting-and-dying-calves A Nelson judge found himself in a “very difficult position” when finding an appropriate sentence for a 77-year-old Richmond farmer charged with animal cruelty. Inspections of a Redwood Valley beef farm belonging to Raymond Albert Gardner, 77, uncovered dead, rotting, and dying calves, cows in “obvious pain and distress” with
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Published on stuff.co.nz on May 03 2018 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/103612273/dog-stabbed-after-joke-went-sour An elderly jack russell terrier named Skipper was stabbed in the neck after a “joking” discussion about whether his age and health meant he should be euthanised. The stabber, 43-year-old Raymond Kilgour, who is not the dog’s owner, admitted ill-treatment of the animal at an appearance in
Originally published on the Gibsorne Herald website on 23/04/2018 Killed partner’s pup during an argument Man gets home detention, told he was ‘lucky’ A Gisborne man who deliberately stamped on and killed a seven-week-old puppy he had given his partner has been sentenced to four months home detention. It was essentially another act of
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Published on stuff.co.nz 12/04/2018 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12030425 A Northland man has been banned from owning dogs for five years after being convicted of animal cruelty for starving his three pet dogs. Te Wira Panapa was sentenced in the Whangarei District Court for starving his three pet dogs. Panapa was convicted of ill-treatment of an animal and
Published on One News https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/spca-seizes-45-dogs-from-serial-animal-hoarders-property-in-northland-raid Last week Ann Power was ordered to hand over her animals to the SPCA by the Auckland District Court. Power has a long history of animal abuse and neglect. She has five convictions related to animal welfare and nine criminal and driving convictions. Power wasn’t home today when the SPCA
Updated from the original article below. Published on TVNZ website May 11 2018 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/golden-bay-farmer-hit-cows-pipe-and-slammed-gate-into-one-their-heads-banned-owning-animals-five-years A Golden Bay farmer who broke the tails of several cows, hit them with a polythene pipe and kicked one of his herd in the stomach has been banned from owning animals for five years. Steven John Wells, 45, was
Published on www.scoop.co.nz 22/03/2018 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1803/S00545/canterbury-couple-convicted-for-ill-treating-an-animal.htm Darryl McCartney Canterbury couple convicted for ill-treating an animal Thursday, 22 March 2018, 11:09 amPress Release: SPCA 22 March 2018 Canterbury couple convicted for ill-treating an animal and obstructing an SPCA Inspector A Canterbury couple was sentenced by the Christchurch District Court yesterday after the woman did not
Published on www.scoop.co.nz 22/03/2018 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1803/S00545/canterbury-couple-convicted-for-ill-treating-an-animal.htm Victoria McCartney Canterbury couple convicted for ill-treating an animal Thursday, 22 March 2018, 11:09 amPress Release: SPCA 22 March 2018 Canterbury couple convicted for ill-treating an animal and obstructing an SPCA Inspector A Canterbury couple was sentenced by the Christchurch District Court yesterday after the woman did not
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Published on 13/03/2018 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/woman-banned-owning-animals-three-years-after-dog-found-extremely-thin A Waikato woman has been banned from owning animals for three years after her dog was found extremely thin, with pressure sores and unable to stand without pain. Tihei was found extremely thin, with pressure sores and unable to stand without pain. Nadine Pereteaho Tawha was convicted in the Hamilton
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Marten Dijkstra Monday, 12 February 2018, 11:38 am Press Release: SPCA http://info.scoop.co.nz/SPCA 12 February 2018 Equine dentist sentenced for smashing pony’s teeth As a result of a brutally botched dental treatment on a pony, a Wellington equine dentist was last week convicted of ill-treating a pony. Marten Dijkstra, 49, was sentenced in the Hutt Valley District
Published on Stuff 24/01/2018 https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/nor-west-news/100848025/Auckland-woman-charged-for-unacceptable-neglect-of-horse Warning: This article contains content which some readers may find distressing. An Auckland woman has been disqualified from owning horses for five years after failing to seek treatment for her ailing horse, leading to its death. Emma Boase pleaded guilty to three charges against the Animal Welfare Act (1999) including reckless
Published on tvnz.co.nz 30/12/2017 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/rescue-dog-owner-calls-big-hearted-kiwis-give-abused-dogs-second-chance In one of the worst cases investigated by the SPCA in 2017, Hamilton woman Robyn Tuhua, was convicted of failing to provide veterinary treatment for Tash. After a kick from a cow broke her leg, Tash was left to hobble on three legs for about two weeks until SPCA
Published on www.scoop.co.nz 24/11/2017 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1711/S00643/spca-prosecutes-auckland-man-after-his-dog-starved-to-death.htm SPCA Prosecutes Auckland Man After His Dog Starved to Death Friday, 24 November 2017, 12:22 pm Press Release: SPCA SPCA Prosecutes Auckland Man After His Dog Starved to Death An Auckland man has disqualified from owning animals for 10 years after his pet dog starved to death. Paul Syman pleaded
Published on stuff.co.nz Nov 10 2017 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/98760630/canterbury-farmer-guilty-of-abusing-cows?rm=a A Canterbury farmer who abused dozens of cows has been urged to get anger management counselling or face a possible prison sentence. The advice was clear from the Ministry for Primary (MPI) Industries and Christchurch District Court Judge David Saunders as 29-year-old Carl Ryan McNaught was convicted on three charges
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Published on stuff.co.nz https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/98768038/man-banned-from-owning-animals-over-cruelty-to-his-dog A pet dog had to endure “absolutely horrific” injuries for a week because its owner didn’t seek help. Langi Vole, 20, pleaded guilty in the Manukau District Court to one charge of ill-treatment of an animal. In April last year, Vole’s brown and white Staffordshire cross dog Lemuska was hit by a car and
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 Stuff.co.nz on October 13 2017 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/97820668/taranaki-dog-cruelty-case-one-of-the-most-severe-witnessed-by-spca A New Plymouth dog owner who kept two malnourished dogs inside a fetid-smelling house without proper care for a year has been banned from owning dogs for five years. Tansley Morere Ratapu, 47, appeared for sentencing in the New Plymouth District Court on Friday on two
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Published on mpi.govt.nz on 11 October 2017 https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news-and-resources/media-releases/stock-trader-fined-6000-for-transporting-chronically-sick-and-lame-goats/ David Renouf Hutchings Stock trader fined $6,000 for transporting chronically sick and lame goats Date: 11 Oct 2017Media contact: MPI media teamTelephone: 029 894 0328Email: media@mpi.govt.nz A Taumarunui stock trader who transported chronically ill and severely lame goats to a processing plant has been fined $6,000 under the Animal Welfare
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Published on the Radio NZ website on 4 October 2017 https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/340846/waihi-farmer-convicted-on-animal-welfare-charges A Waihi farmer who failed to get treatment for her worm-ridden sheep has been fined $3000 and banned from owning flocks of more than 100 sheep. Inspectors found a number of dead sheep on Elaine Evelyn Coxhead’s farm (file photo). Photo: RNZ Cosmo
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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 on stuff.co.nz August 15 2017 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/95812787/castlerock-diaries-sentenced-after-appalling-abuse-of-cows An Invercargill dairy company and two of its managers have been fined by a court after “one of the worst examples of long-term neglect in the dairy sector”. Castlerock Dairies Limited and the managers who ran two farms were fined $60,000 in total in the Invercargill District
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Published in the NZ Herald July 28, 2017 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11895709 A Northland man who admitted bashing a puppy eight times on the head with a hammer has been jailed for two years and five months. Hanuere Paul Witehira, of Kaikohe, had been drinking when he arrived home around noon on July 9 and became angry
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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 and sentenced to complete four months’ community detention and 200 hours of community work. The defendant
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Published in the NZ Herald 21 December 2016 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11770913 Eight dalmatians died from a highly infectious disease after their owner failed to get them medical treatment. Auckland man Xiang Max Bai was this week sentenced to 160 hours’ community work, disqualified from owning animals for 10 years, ordered to forfeit any existing animals
Pamela De Vere Published on the NZ Herald website on 22 November 2016 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11752655 An Auckland woman who starved her two dogs and left them living in their own waste was sentenced today. The samoyed and a siberian husky, were found by an SPCA Auckland inspector in September last year in Pamela De Vere’s garage
Published in Opotiki News 8/11/2016 https://www.opotikinews.co.nz/blog/707401 AN Opotiki man features on a list of 15 of the worst perpetrators of cruelty to animals that the SPCA has investigated and prosecuted this year. SPCA says the Opotiki man failed to provide vet treatment for his dog when it had a fractured leg. Even when the
Published in the New Zealand Herald 28/07/2016 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11683064 The slaughterman whose cruel mistreatment of bobby calves was caught on camera has been sentenced to home detention. Noel Erickson, 38, has escaped a jail term but was sentenced in the Huntly District Court today to 10 months home detention and 200 hours community work. Judge
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Published on stuff.co.nz 16/06/2016 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81147619/puppys-leg-amputated-after-beating-by-christopher-cross Neighbours used cellphones to record a puppy yelping in agony as Christopher John Cross beat it so badly the dog’s leg required amputation. The SPCA wants Cross, 26, of Woolston, Christchurch, to be banned for five years from owning an animal. He admitted a charge of wilful ill-treatment of the dog, causing serious injury, in the Christchurch
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Published on the SPCA website 14/06/2016 https://teachers.spcaeducation.org.nz/about/news/shannon-farmer-starves-calves-to-death-again/ A Shannon farmer has been convicted for the second time for neglecting calves until they die. Carl Smith, 56, was convicted today in the Palmerston North District Court on charges of reckless ill-treatment of two calves, one of which died of starvation and the other had to
Published on stuff.co.nz on April 7 2016 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/78634500/te-kuiti-man-convicted-of-badly-beating-his-dog A Te Kuiti man has been banned from owning dogs for 10 years after being found guilty of badly beating his dog. Tautu Thompson, 23, was convicted on Wednesday in the Te Kuiti District Court and sentenced to four months’ community detention, disqualified from owning dogs for 10 years, fined
Published on stuff.co.nz Jan 29 2016 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/76379661/Taranaki-farmer-admits-animal-cruelty-after-cows-and-pigs-neglected See below for the sentencing update. A farmer who neglected his pigs and cows so badly some had to be euthanised has pleaded guilty to mistreating animals. Robert Ross Dawson, 64, appeared before Judge Allan Roberts on Thursday facing a raft of charges in a Ministry for
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Published in the Gisborne Herald January 12 2016 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
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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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Originally published on Stuff.co.nz October 7 2015 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/72798267/Record-jail-sentence-for-animal-abuser-Michael-Whitelock A dairy worker has been handed what is believed to be New Zealand’s longest-ever prison sentence for animal cruelty, after cows were beaten, had their tails broken and were shot in the kneecaps on a farm he managed. Michael James Whitelock was sentenced in the Greymouth
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Published on stuff.co.nz July 17 2015 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/70337959/farmer-fined-after-cows-starve-to-death A South Waikato dairy farmer was sentenced in Rotorua District Court on Friday for the neglect and ill-treatment of cows that became malnourished or starved to death in his care. Tony Clayton, 54, of Atiamuri, was disqualified from owning or being the “person in charge” of animals
Published on www.scoop.co.nz on 03/07/2015 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1507/S00098/auckland-man-found-guilty-in-animal-abuse-case.htm Friday, 3 July 2015, 4:45 pmPress Release: SPCA Auckland man found guilty in animal abuse case after dog found in skeletal condition An Auckland man has today been found guilty of recklessly ill-treating an animal after his pet dog was found in skeletal condition almost starved to death having been
Lawrence Ward Published on stuff.co.nz 01/07/2015 https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/69803999/animal-hoarders-keep-menagerie-in-squalid-conditions Two brothers have been called “animal hoarders” and compared to crazy cat ladies, after they were caught keeping an assortment of animals in squalid conditions. But they are both still able to own some animals, despite a judge saying she could see no reason to let them. Ronald
Published in the NZ herald (Northern Advocate) 1 May 32015 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11441651 Farmer’s ‘life ban’ from stock A Northland farmer will have to wait until he is 102 before he is allowed to own stock again following his latest conviction for allowing calves to starve. Lester Donald Reuben Johnstone, 82, of Maungatapere, was convicted in
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Clyde Barclay McIntosh Published on stuff.co.nz 9 April 2015 https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/67672562/guilty-pleas-prosecution-over-lame-cows Guilty pleas, prosecution over lame cows David Clarkson15:37, Apr 09 2015 Sixteen dairy cows on two Canterbury properties were so lame they had to be euthanised by being shot after checks by animal welfare inspectors and veterinarians. The Christchurch District Court was told that 122
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Published in the NZ Herald on 12 February 2015 A Kaitaia woman who tied up a dog with wire, causing a horrific 24cm gash to its throat and tied another dog to a clothesline with no shelter has been sentenced to community detention and banned from owning pets for five years. Chante Roycroft, 32, was
Published on NZ Herald website 19 December 2014 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11376857 Tatyana Kondratyeva An Auckland woman who kept 50 cats living in disgusting conditions with serious infections and ailments has been sentenced for her neglect. Tatyana Kondratyeva, 51, was found guilty of failing to ensure the physical, health and behavioural needs of 50 cats were met and
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Published on NZ Hearald October 17 2014 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11344169 An Auckland man who crammed 38 dead cats into his freezer has been allowed to keep his three surviving felines but banned from acquiring any more. Donald Cruickshank, 80, was charged with failing to care for his pets after an SPCA visit in December 2010 found
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Published on stuff.co.nz Oct 17 2014 http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/10630270/Tail-breaking-farmer-sentenced A Stratford dairy farmer who twisted and broke his cows’ tails did it to vent his frustration due to an anger management problem, the New Plymouth District Court heard today. Timothy James Gilbert, 38, was sentenced to nine months supervision, 260 hours community work and ordered to
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Published on odt.co.nz 26/09/2014 https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/man-admits-torturing-cats A Cobden man charged with torturing cats by cutting off their paws, and burning one cat alive while beating another to death, yesterday admitted the offences in the Greymouth District Court. Hayden Growcott, 22, faced two charges of animal cruelty in connection with cats which had gone missing from the
Published on courtnews.co.nz 16/07/2014 https://www.animalabuser.co.nz/wp-admin/post-new.php Brothers who admitted ill-treatment of their horses have been slapped with 16-month jail terms and a five-year ban on owning horses by Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish. The brothers were jailed for the neglect of the animals they had at a 6ha property in Quaifes Road, Halswell, in 2010.
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regional/247588/farmer-fined-over-badly-injured-cow Published on rnz.co.nz 18/06/2014 Farmer fined over badly injured cow A farmer has pleaded guilty to ill-treating one of his cows left in such a poor state one of its eyes was infected with maggots and it had to be put down. The SPCA said the cow was beyond treatment. Anthony Joseph Schluter was
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Published on courtnews.co.nz 16/07/2014 https://www.animalabuser.co.nz/wp-admin/post-new.php Brothers who admitted ill-treatment of their horses have been slapped with 16-month jail terms and a five-year ban on owning horses by Christchurch District Court Judge Jane Farish. The brothers were jailed for the neglect of the animals they had at a 6ha property in Quaifes Road, Halswell, in 2010.
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Joshua Godfrey Aidan Heka Published on stuff.co.nz on May 8 2014 http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/10024622/Trapper-jailed-for-abusing-possum WARNING: DETAILED CONTENT A trapper has been jailed after videoing himself nailing a live possum to a tree and cutting the limbs of another. Joshua Godfrey Aidan Heka, 28, was convicted today in Whangarei District Court on 10 counts of wilfully ill-treating an
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Published on stuff.co.nz 31/10/2013 http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/9343179/Seal-basher-sentenced-for-attack A second seal basher involved in killing 23 protected seals on the Kaikoura Coast has been sentenced to eight months home detention and 200 hours community work. Jemaal Peter Roy Large, 38, appeared in the Blenheim District Court for sentencing this morning, after judge Peter Hobbs found him guilty of
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Published on stuff.co.nz 31/10/2013 http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/332249/Farmer-fined-for-ill-treating-animals A Canterbury farmer has been convicted and fined $13,000 for the wilful ill-treatment of animals. Francis Redmond was found guilty in Christchurch District Court last week on eight charges under the Animal Welfare Act 1999. In July 2006, a Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) animal welfare investigator visited a
Published on stuff.co.nz 31/10/2013 http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/6061035/Seal-killers-jail-sentence-cut A Marlborough man jailed for two years for killing 23 seals will spend the rest of his sentence on home detention. From his parents’ Wairau Valley home last night, Jason Trevor Godsiff, 20, said he was happy he had won his appeal in the High Court in Wellington. Justice Mallon
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Published on NZ Herald 3 Sept 2013 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11118858 Farmer admits serious animal cruelty charges 3 Sep, 2013 5:50pm A Mid Canterbury farmer has pleaded guilty to serious animal welfare charges. Geoffrey Edgar Walter Deal, 61, appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the Ashburton District Court yesterday to face nine counts laid under the Animal Welfare
Published in the Waikato Times and Stuff website September 2 2013 http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/9115955/Farmer-who-broke-cows-tails-avoids-jail A former Taranaki dairy farmer with ”anger problems” who broke the tails of 46 cows has avoided jail. Saul Jacob Beaumont, who now lives in Waihi, was sentenced to four months’ home detention and disqualified from working with dairy cattle for five
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Published on Otago Daily Times 20 Feb 2013 https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/farmer-broke-hundreds-cow-tails Farmer broke hundreds of cow tails A dairy farmer convicted of breaking cows tails, in the worst case of its kind animal welfare authorities had ever seen, has been banned from owning cows for five years. West Coast farmer Michael Jackson, 43, admitted breaking or injuring
Published on stuff.co.nz 8 Feb 2013 http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8277623/Dairy-farmer-jailed-for-extreme-cruelty-to-cows Dairy farmer jailed for ‘extreme cruelty’ to cows 11:11, Feb 08 2013 A Waikato farmer will spend this weekend in the care of his local church in Waihi before beginning a jail sentence on Monday for cruelty to animals. In the High Court at Rotorua this week,
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Published on NZ Herald 27 Sept 2012 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10836941 Farmer sentenced for starving cows A West Coast farmer has been sentenced to community service after 60 cattle were found dead and dying. Tjeerd Visser, 24, was sentenced in Christchurch District Court to 350 hours’ community service after pleading guilty to two charges of animal cruelty dating
Published in the New Zealand Herald 29 June 2012. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10816429 A former New Zealand Kennel Club dog-show judge and his wife have been banned from owning or caring for animals for 20 years. David and Daryl Balfour were each convicted in December last year on three animal-cruelty charges, after the SPCA found 87 dogs
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Published on Newshub 15/02/2012 http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/mutilated-puppys-rescuer-convicted-2012021611 The SPCA was unable to prosecute the people who chopped the ears off a Tauranga puppy, but another man has been convicted of failing to take it to a vet after finding it. Elijah Kingi, 27, was found guilty of failing to provide veterinary treatment to ease the dog’s
Published A Northland dairy farmer has been fined $1000 for failing to provide treatment for a cow suffering from cancer of the eye. Fraser McBeth was convicted in Whangarei District Court after a Ministry of Agriculture investigation into the condition of a cow he had sent to a processing plant earlier in 2011. A
Published on NZ Herald (Northern Advocate) 24 October 2011 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=10963797 NORTHERN ADVOCATE Defying court ban brings bill for $20,000 A man who admitted defying a court ban on him owning cattle was ordered to pay $20,000 costs when he appeared in the Whangarei District Court yesterday. Far North farmer Alan William Summers, 65, was
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Published on NZ Herald (Northern Advocate) 24 October 2011 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=10963797 NORTHERN ADVOCATE Defying court ban brings bill for $20,000 A man who admitted defying a court ban on him owning cattle was ordered to pay $20,000 costs when he appeared in the Whangarei District Court yesterday. Far North farmer Alan William Summers, 65, was
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Published in the Northern Advocate 24/10/2011 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=10927496 A man who left his pet bulldog in extreme suffering for eight weeks after it broke its back was sentenced in the Kaitaia District Court yesterday to four months’ prison.David John Simpkin, 40, a sickness beneficiary of Takahue, 30km south of Kaitaia, had earlier admitted a charge of
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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 dogs saved from suffering due to maltreatment by their owner on two different occasions.Pene Lemon of
Published on newshub.co.nz 28 June 2011 http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/te-kuiti-man-jailed-for-puppy-killing-2011062912 A man accused of bludgeoning a six-month-old pitbull-cross puppy to death with a golf club has been jailed for two years and four months. Te Kuiti man Mathew Awhi George pleaded guilty in April to wilfully ill-treating an animal, possessing an offensive weapon and threatening behaviour. George told
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Published on stuff.co.nz 16/07/2010 http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/3932582/Teen-sentenced-for-seal-attack Teen sentenced for seal attack 16:03, Jul 19 2010 Tourists tried to stop a teenager who shot a seal with a paintball gun and bashed it with a metal pole at the popular seal colony at Kaikoura, police say. Hayden John Ingram, 17, argued with the tourists before running over
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Published on odt.co.nz 22/06/2010 https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/woman-convicted-shooting-neighbours-cocker-spaniel A judge has rejected a Christchurch woman’s claim that she shot and killed her neighbour’s cocker spaniel with an air rifle because she believed it was attacking her cat. Judge Michael Radford said he believed the woman’s explanation in her evidence in court today was the one she wished she
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Published on stuff.co.nz 12 Jan 2010 http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3223921/Consultant-sentenced-for-animal-ill-treatment A farmer and farm consultant has been sentenced in Rotorua District Court to 250 hours’ community service after being convicted on multiple counts of ill-treatment to farm animals. Mark Spitz (crct) was also ordered to pay $9340 in reparations when he appeared in court yesterday. Spitz was visited
Published in the Otago Daily Times 23 June 2009 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10580313 The longest sentence for animal cruelty in New Zealand was imposed on a Dunedin man yesterday. Jeffrey Hurring, 19, a supermarket shelf-filler, was sentenced in the Dunedin District Court to 12 months’ jail for killing an 18-month-old male Jack Russell dog in Dunedin on
Published on www.scoop.co.nz 8 December 2006 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00116/farmer-sentenced-for-ill-treatment-of-family-pet.htm Leah Scott Friday, 8 December 2006, 1:13 pmPress Release: Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry Farmer sentenced for ill-treatment of family pet The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) welcomes the sentencing handed down in the Huntly District Court this week to a Taupiri farmer for ill-treating an animal and
Published in the NZ Herald 23 December 2005 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10361182 A sentenced prisoner accused of abducting and torturing animals has admitted stealing a dog and failing to provide medical treatment to alleviate its suffering. Uwe Herbert Charles Preuss, 29, appeared in Lower Hutt District Court yesterday to face two charges of animal theft, one of
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