Janine Wallace and her mother, top Auckland dog breeder Barbara Glover, in the Manukau District Court during their animal neglect case. When asked why the dogs were underweight, Glover claimed they “ran a lot and burned off a lot of energy”. Barbara Glover, the mother of Anne Glover, was banned from owning dogs after she was found guilty of 32 violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Still allowed dogs for her ‘safety’In court, Judge Grant Fraser said that although he found it “completely contradictory”, he agreed to uphold the Crown and defence’s “compromise” that Glover still be allowed to own 10 dogs. He also allowed three months for Glover to reduce the number of dogs in her care to below 10.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 08, 2026 22:01 UTC