9 Oct 2018
McCARTNEY v CANTERBURY SPCA [2018] NZHC 2624
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2624
- Court
- High Court
The conviction relating to Michael was quashed because the trial judge failed to identify the specific veterinary advice allegedly not followed and failed to properly analyse whether, within the charged timeframe (22–27 June 2016), Michael was suffering pain or distress that was unreasonable or unnecessary given the palliative context and evidence of waxing and waning symptoms and expert testimony; the conviction relating to Mary was upheld because the evidence supported that Mary suffered unnecessary/unreasonable pain from an entropion and ear lesions and that the owner did not take all reas…