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Sentencing delayed in polo ponies Spirit of Tasmania animal cruelty case as magistrate considers vet report

A magistrate says she cannot sentence the operator of the Spirit of Tasmania or former Australian polo captain Andrew Williams over the 2018 deaths of 16 polo ponies until fresh evidence of them "whinnying in distress" is considered.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023

Vet report prompts sentence delay in pony deaths case

Sentencing for animal welfare law breaches relating to the death of 16 polo ponies on a Bass Strait ferry crossing has been delayed because of a vet's report.

AAP · Feb 1, 2023

No conviction pleas over Tas pony deaths

Spirit of Tasmania operator TT-Line has faced court after it was found guilty over the deaths of 16 horses.

AAP · Dec 20, 2022

Ferry operator guilty after pony deaths

Operator of the Spirit of Tasmania ferry service, TT-Line, has been found guilty of breaching animal welfare laws following the deaths of 16 polo ponies.

AAP · Oct 27, 2022

Spirit of Tasmania operator found guilty of breaching animal welfare laws after pony deaths

The company which operates the Spirit of Tasmania ferry is found guilty of breaching animal welfare laws after 16 polo ponies died during a voyage in 2018, perishing in a "clearly inadequately ventilated" truck.

ABC News · Oct 27, 2022

Spirit of Tasmania pony death legal saga has no end in sight as matter adjourned until September

It has been more than four-and-a-half years since 16 polo ponies died during a voyage on a Spirit of Tasmania ferry, but the drawn-out legal saga stemming from the deaths has no end in sight.

ABC News · Aug 24, 2022

Polo ponies on Spirit of Tasmania ferry were 'going to cook' due to travel conditions, court told

An engineer who modelled the conditions horses would have experienced on a Spirit of Tasmania journey in 2018 tells a court the temperature meant they were "going to cook".

ABC News · Aug 16, 2022

Vet who treated polo ponies that survived Spirit of Tasmania journey gives evidence

Sixteen of the 18 horses that travelled on a Spirit of Tasmania ferry trip in 2018 likely died about eight hours into the voyage, a court hears, and the two that survived were the last loaded onto their converted refrigeration trailer.

ABC News · Aug 12, 2022

Ponies 'suffocated' on Bass Strait sailing

A court has been told 16 polo ponies found dead after a Spirit of Tasmania sailing across Bass Strait "suffocated" inside a trailer without proper ventilation.

AAP · Aug 10, 2022

Polo ponies death case ordered to proceed

A court hearing in Tasmania surrounding the deaths of 16 polo ponies will proceed after a magistrate rejected the latest bid to have the matter delayed.

AAP · Aug 9, 2022