Fine for Russell owner of kiwi-killing dog a national record
7 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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This kiwi was found on Uruti Rd on January 19, 2018, and later linked by DNA analysis to a husky-labrador cross named Weka. Photo / supplied
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The $4500 fine handed down to a Northland man whose roaming dog killed kiwi is a national record, the Department of Conservation says. Last week the Advocate reported Martin Christopher Allen, of Russell, had been sentenced in the Kaikohe District Court for owning a dog causing the deaths of two kiwi in 2018.
Russell husky owner fined $4500 after two kiwi killed
3 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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This kiwi was found on a driveway on Uruti Rd, Russell, on the morning of January 18, 2018. Photo / Supplied
A Russell man has been fined $4500 after his husky killed two protected North Island brown kiwi.
Martin Christopher Allen, 58, had been due to go on trial last week in relation to the kiwi deaths three years ago, but changed his plea to guilty as court proceedings started on Wednesday.
It was Allen s fourth conviction on similar offences.
The dog, a labrador-husky cross named Weka, which has been in a council pound since 2018, will be destroyed.