Inspector Awarded Medal for Outstanding Contributn

An outstanding contribution to animal welfare on a national level has earned Jim Boyd the Royal New Zealand SPCA’s Gold Medal.

The former police officer turned SPCA Inspector received his award during the Society’s annual conference in Wellington this weekend.

Mr Boyd, who is based in the Bay of Islands, is renowned for investigating and successfully prosecuting some of the toughest and most significant animal abuse cases of recent years. His efforts have also prompted a number of death threats with, at one stage, a price being put on his head. MORE>>