A woman has been banned from owning animals for ten years after a horse starved to death.
Anne Power was also ordered to hand over all her animals to the SPCA.
Power was sentenced in Auckland District Court after a horse was found dead, his body "in a severely emaciated state," the SPCA said.
Power was found guilty of recklessly ill-treating the horse leading to his death.She was told to pay reparation of $4710.05 and legal costs of $1512 to SPCA Auckland.
The SPCA said charges followed the visit of an SPCA Inspector to a Riverhead property in September 2013.