A 77-year-old Hauraki farmer found guilty of ill-treating her sheep can no longer own a large mob of the animals.
Elaine Evelyn Cox was fined $3000 in the Waihi District Court after almost 50 dead sheep were found on her farm when she ignored repeated calls to bring in a vet to treat the animals, the Ministry for Primary Industries says.
MPI compliance manager Brendon Mikkelsen said animal welfare inspectors visited Ms Cox's farm three times.
On the first visit, they found at least 15 dead sheep and a mob of about 30 others with daggy rear-ends typical of animals heavily infested with worms, he said.
The inspectors advised Ms Cox she had seven days to have the animals seen by a vet.