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 farm following a complaint in 2019.
The complaint led to a series of MPI, farm consultant and veterinarian inspections from April until August that year.
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 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.
BBC News
Published
image copyrightReuters
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.
New Zealand farmer convicted of neglect after more than 200 sheep have to be euthanised msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.