SPCA premises 'filthy'

Te Awamutu's SPCA chief executive has stepped down after being threatened with prosecution over the "filthy" state of the society's premises in the Waikato town.

Dianne Gray was asked to give up her post pending an investigation from the national body for the prevention of cruelty to animals after Waipa District Council found the dog-runs to be overcrowded and in a squalid condition.