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Janelle White, the new manager of the EcoWorld Aquarium & Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Picton, has a diverse array of skills to pour into her passion. The centre rescued and rehabilitated native animals, including more than 100 little blue penguins, and had bred and released more than 50 yellow-crowned parakeets. Reuhman said some species would be saved, such as the tuatara, but relocation would take time. “You can’t do things in five minutes, basically Port Marlborough just regard us as a boat shed. They just think they can shut us down almost overnight,” he said.
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A farmer has been sentenced to nine months home detention and banned from owning or managing farm animals for four years for serious animal welfare offending.
Bevan Scott Tait had earlier pleaded guilty to eight charges under the Animal Welfare Act.
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Bevan Scott Tait received his sentence at the Invercargill District Court on Monday having earlier pleaded guilty to eight charges under the Animal Welfare Act.
As a result of Tait s offending, 226 sheep and three lambs had to be euthanised because they were emaciated and suffered from flystrike.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) launched an investigation at the 52-year-old s Tussock Creek, Southland, farm following a complaint in 2019. That led to a series of inspections over a five month period by MPI, farm consultants and veterinarians.
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A New Zealand farmer has been convicted of mistreating his sheep after 226 of them had to be euthanised.
The animals were found to be severely malnourished and ill and were put down.
Famer Bevan Scott Tait had pleaded guilty although his defence said he had been suffering from depression and had not received enough support.
On Monday, he was sentenced to nine months home detention and 150 hours community work under the Animal Welfare Act.
He will also be barred from managing or owning farm animals for four years.
Mr Tait s farm in Russock Creek at the southern end of South Island first came to the attention of authorities when inspectors found several dead sheep there in April 2019.