18 Sept 2019
DE VERE v AUCKLAND SPCA [2019] NZHC 2355
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2355
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant was exercising authority over the two dogs while subject to a disqualification order and that she breached s10/s12 by failing to meet minimum standards in the Dogs Code (overgrown nails, severe matting, urine scalding and behavioural distress); s13 makes non‑compliance with the Dogs Code rebuttable evidence of breach; given prior conviction and lack of insight the imposed sentence (12 months supervision with conditions, 80 hours community work, ten‑year disqualification, payment of costs) was not manifestly…