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Farmer gets home detention after 234 stock euthanised due to neglect (Photo / Getty) Tue, 6 Jul 2021, 11:39AM A Southland farmer who had 234 of his stock euthanised because of emaciation and fly-strike was yesterday sentenced to nine months' home detention. Bevan Scott Tait (52) received his sentence by audiovisual link at the Invercargill District Court having earlier pleaded guilty to eight charges under the Animal Welfare Act for serious animal welfare offending. The Ministry of Primary Industries' animal welfare arm launched an investigation at Tait's Tussock Creek far...
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. Photo: RNZ / Ian Telfer 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 ...
Monday, 5 July 2021, 3:40 pm 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 (52) received his sentence by audio visual link at the Invercargill District Court today having earlier pleaded guilty to eight charges under the Animal Welfare Act. As a result of his offending, 226 of his sheep and three lambs had to be euthanised because they were emaciated and suffered from flystrike. MPI Animal Welfare launched an investigation at his Tussock Creek, Southland farm ...