Tethered goat fatally stabbed , Greymouth Star Wednesday 20 July 2011.
Goat fatally stabbed Police will be talking to two men suspected of fatally stabbing a tethered goat in the neck, near Greymouth about 3.15pm on Saturday. A witness saw the men stop their vehicle in Marsden Road, jump out and stab the animal in the neck with an unknown weapon about 3.15pm. “We are disgusted, we are really going to follow this up hard,” sergeant Andy Lyes said. The goat has since died.
Goat killers caught , Greymouth Star Thursday 15 September 2011.
T hird arrest for goat killing A third youth has been charged in relation to the callous slaughter of a pet goat at Greymouth.
Michael Ryan Newcombe, 17, was charged with wilfully ill treating a tethered goat by stabbing it in the throat, causing it needless pain and distress.
One man has already been sentenced to community work for his part in the offence and another has denied the charge.
The goat was tethered on private property at upper Marsden Road, on the edge of Greymouth, on July 16, when the men emerged from a passing car, bent on slaughtering it with a knife, police said.
Realising that their attack had been observed by a woman out walking, they ran back to the car and drove off, leaving the animal bleating in pain, stumbling around bleeding and confused. It was later put out of its misery by a neighbour.
Proposed Goat welfare code challenged -A video on you tube with a speaker from SAFE and the spca .
From the Waitomo News , Tuesday February 15 , 2011.
A GOAT tethered on an Otorohanga roadside
without water or shade died recently, probably
from heat exhaustion.
Te Kuiti/North King Country SPCA was
advised about the distressed animal and immediately
called a vet. But the goat died before
the vet arrived.
“This poor creature had no water or shelter,”
says SPCA president Sandra Squier.
“This is cruel and disgraceful.
“If you tether an animal by law you must
provide that creature with water and shelter,”
she says.
“Failure to do this could lead to prosecution
and a hefty fine.”
The exact location of the goat has not been
revealed as charges may be laid against its
owner.
Headline: Grisly end to life of friendly goat
Published: The Press, Jan 2, 2003
By: Neil Clarkson
Her name was Matilda and she grazed a quiet stretch of road just north of Rangiora.
She was a friendly goat, always glancing up as my wife, Robin, and I drove past on the way to work. Matilda eagerly wandered up for a scratch between the eyes whenever we strolled by her home, a few hundred metres down the road.
Matilda's final 24 hours were spent in agony. A dog had ripped her throat out.
Neighbours Paul and Anne Tocker spotted the blood on her yesterday afternoon as they drove by, and, with her owners away, took her into Rangiora for veterinary help. We met them there.
Matilda had a fight on her hands. Veterinarian Jane Pascoe sedated her and began to clean her day-old wounds, but the injury and blood loss had taken its toll.
She was struggling to breathe, and the bruising and swelling meant attempts to get a tube down her throat to help her get air were fruitless.
Cleaned wounds revealed serious damage to the structures of the throat and, with the situation hopeless, Matilda was put down.
Dogs are walked down our quiet gravel road every day. Some are under control, some are not. A few are on leads; most are not.
Matilda's small world extended the length of a wire run. She had no means of escape.
Was it a stray dog, or had its owner, as we suspect, pulled it off before it finished the job it so aggressively began?
I cannot escape this vision of the owner enjoying a few drinks with friends on a hot new year afternoon, his dog at his side.
For the record, I've yet to have a drink to celebrate anything.
Goat fatally stabbed Police will be talking to two men suspected of fatally stabbing a tethered goat in the neck, near Greymouth about 3.15pm on Saturday. A witness saw the men stop their vehicle in Marsden Road, jump out and stab the animal in the neck with an unknown weapon about 3.15pm. “We are disgusted, we are really going to follow this up hard,” sergeant Andy Lyes said. The goat has since died.
Goat killers caught , Greymouth Star Thursday 15 September 2011.
T hird arrest for goat killing A third youth has been charged in relation to the callous slaughter of a pet goat at Greymouth.
Michael Ryan Newcombe, 17, was charged with wilfully ill treating a tethered goat by stabbing it in the throat, causing it needless pain and distress.
One man has already been sentenced to community work for his part in the offence and another has denied the charge.
The goat was tethered on private property at upper Marsden Road, on the edge of Greymouth, on July 16, when the men emerged from a passing car, bent on slaughtering it with a knife, police said.
Realising that their attack had been observed by a woman out walking, they ran back to the car and drove off, leaving the animal bleating in pain, stumbling around bleeding and confused. It was later put out of its misery by a neighbour.
Proposed Goat welfare code challenged -A video on you tube with a speaker from SAFE and the spca .
From the Waitomo News , Tuesday February 15 , 2011.
A GOAT tethered on an Otorohanga roadside
without water or shade died recently, probably
from heat exhaustion.
Te Kuiti/North King Country SPCA was
advised about the distressed animal and immediately
called a vet. But the goat died before
the vet arrived.
“This poor creature had no water or shelter,”
says SPCA president Sandra Squier.
“This is cruel and disgraceful.
“If you tether an animal by law you must
provide that creature with water and shelter,”
she says.
“Failure to do this could lead to prosecution
and a hefty fine.”
The exact location of the goat has not been
revealed as charges may be laid against its
owner.
Headline: Grisly end to life of friendly goat
Published: The Press, Jan 2, 2003
By: Neil Clarkson
Her name was Matilda and she grazed a quiet stretch of road just north of Rangiora.
She was a friendly goat, always glancing up as my wife, Robin, and I drove past on the way to work. Matilda eagerly wandered up for a scratch between the eyes whenever we strolled by her home, a few hundred metres down the road.
Matilda's final 24 hours were spent in agony. A dog had ripped her throat out.
Neighbours Paul and Anne Tocker spotted the blood on her yesterday afternoon as they drove by, and, with her owners away, took her into Rangiora for veterinary help. We met them there.
Matilda had a fight on her hands. Veterinarian Jane Pascoe sedated her and began to clean her day-old wounds, but the injury and blood loss had taken its toll.
She was struggling to breathe, and the bruising and swelling meant attempts to get a tube down her throat to help her get air were fruitless.
Cleaned wounds revealed serious damage to the structures of the throat and, with the situation hopeless, Matilda was put down.
Dogs are walked down our quiet gravel road every day. Some are under control, some are not. A few are on leads; most are not.
Matilda's small world extended the length of a wire run. She had no means of escape.
Was it a stray dog, or had its owner, as we suspect, pulled it off before it finished the job it so aggressively began?
I cannot escape this vision of the owner enjoying a few drinks with friends on a hot new year afternoon, his dog at his side.
For the record, I've yet to have a drink to celebrate anything.