Mick Mepham was at his Moorland home, near Taree, on Tuesday when a team of police and RSPCA inspector s stormed the rural property at about 7.30am and arrested his partner, Colin Baker, 38.
Police allege Joel Kerim, 29, and Mikayla Kerim, 26, committed the offences at a rural property on a 17-year-old mare called Gemma and a 14-month-old border collie dog called Ekko.