A Dannevirke farmer Grant Teahan has been ordered to pay $5000 fine to the SPCA after he attempted to fake a new bird species.
A new red species of Hawke was seen flying around Southern Hawkes bay in early 2009, but it was later discovered the birds had been spray painted.
SPCA spokesman Danny Auger says it was an unusual case.
"I've just not heard of anyone trapping wildlife and painting them before they release them. It's just very different," he says.
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