Can I evict for pets?

[eri]

The Christchurch woman's two beloved chihuahuas were mauled to death by a neighbour's dog in their own backyard last week.

The dog, believed to be a pit bull, jumped its fence while Musson was out with her children on February 2.

Housing New Zealand (HNZ) area manager Fraser Benson said staff had visited the neighbour's property several times recently and never saw any evidence of a dog living there or received any dog-related complaints.

HNZ had a no dogs policy, like many landlords, and allowed tenants to have dogs only in "exceptional" circumstances.

"We were never asked by the tenant if she could have a dog on the property; because this is a breach of her tenancy agreement, we will be meeting the tenant this week to remind her of her responsibilities," he said.

Christchurch City Council inspections and enforcement manager Anne Columbus said animal management staff issued the owner with a $200 fine for their dog "being at large" and were considering prosecution.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/66178512/familys-dogs-mauled-in-backyard

[eri]

HNZ tenancy services manager Kay Read said the department stood by its decision to evict Shepherd as they did not feel confident he would not keep a pet on the property.

Tenancy managers had "explicitly advised" Orlando he was breaking the rules

and after the attack they learned the dog had been menacing towards neighbours

and that it was the third dog removed from the property by Auckland Council, she said.

"We stand by our decision to end Mr Shepherd's tenancy as we could not be confident that Mr Shepherd would stop keeping dogs at his property, or that he would keep them securely and be a responsible dog owner."

Paula Bennett, who's portfolio now includes HNZ, said, "This is an operational decision for Housing New Zealand and from what the minister has seen they have made the right one."

Monte Cecilia Housing Trust chief executive David Zussman described the situation as an "ethical issue" with no clear answer.

He said those who burned their bridges with HNZ faced a challenging private rental environment.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/66496429/Dad-evicted-after-sons-mauling

[eri]

In the past seven months there have been 70 dog attacks on other animals and 34 dog attacks on people within Tauranga City.

The vet bill cost $1700. Devo still has a gaping hole from the pit bull's teeth.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-ple...ectid=11409860

[eri]

"The poor little bloke brought himself up," she said.


"He was a dear wee soul."


One of the offending dogs was described as a black Lab cross with a grey muzzle. The other was a husky-cross.


Vicki said the Christchurch City Council dog control unit told her no dogs in the area matched the description.


She hoped the offending owners might come forward and offer to pay the vet bill the Zants now face

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/new...-dogs-gnashers

if your dog's not on a leach

and on someone else's property

it can be shot

[Keys]

It's not the dogs fault.

Caution, these web sites may contain unpalatable information (<<<there are five there).

Just takes a second or two to find evidence.

[eri]

the cost to ratepayers

to chase up a lawyer with a dangerous dog?

$100,000 + climbing

The Council's environment and regulatory services general manager Dave Rolfe said it was disappointed that Fairbrother was appealing.

"We thought we'd got to the end of a very long-running saga that cost the ratepayer $100,000," Rolfe said.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post...ng-convictions

[speights boy]

Hopefully we can evict from country.

Man who punched dog to death could be deported

A man who punched a dog to death after it defecated on his bed and then bit him has failed to dodge a conviction.
Boqing Tao, 26, will now likely be taken away from his wife and baby and deported back to China.

Also weighing against Tao was the fact he had been illegally in the country for the past three and a half years and Mr Martell said if he was convicted of wilfully illtreating an animal he would have "no show" of getting a visa.
........
The court heard how Tao had got married to a New Zealand permanent resident in 2014 and now had a 10-month-old son.
Now he will likely face deportation.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11480193

[Maccachic]

Huh he has been here illegally for 3 and a half years and its the mistreatment of animals that will stop him getting a visa - why are we rewarding criminals and ones that aren't even citizens???

[speights boy]

Just another example of Govt departments asleep at their desk.
All the rules in the world are of no use unless you have people at the coal face (reference intended) out there checking on what's going on.

[eri]

Their sole requirement was that the new house be near William's 78-year-old mother, who the couple care for.

no problem!

but wait there's more

we're working with a limited budget

and

4 dogs

you wonder if the writer is the result of "no fail" NCEA english

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/72878608/nelson-dog-owners-rejected-in-rental-search

sole - not just an english flounder

[Perry]

I don't expect that three chihuahuas
would eat much into a limited budget.

[Keys]

^^^ No, but vet bills?

[Maccachic]

I don't expect that three chihuahuas
would eat much into a limited budget.

Not normally cheap to purchase either, plus registration, worming, fleas, vaccinations, neutering etc etc

[FJW]

Issue a 14 day notice and then go back and check up on it. If the breach hasn't been addressed then make proceedings to tribunal.

If you have the condition documented pre move in and the condition conflicts since she moved in and you have photographs then bring that along with you. Just include that you wish to claim for damages / compensation in your application.

Hope that helps

Fraser

Manage My Rental

http://www.managemyrental.co.nz

[eri]

The new owner, who preferred not to be named, said a dog had been locked in a large 6m by 4m, windowless chiller on the property,

which had been used as a kennel.

He said teeth-marks on the door showed it had tried to chew its way out.

An order was needed to have the tenants evicted.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11581554