An Ilford man charged with killing his dog in a manner that shocked witnesses after it’d mauled a number of sheep from a neighbouring property, escaped conviction in Mudgee Local Court last Wednesday.
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The 42-year-old man was placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond without conviction and is prohibited from owning another dog for five years.
On April 26, 2016, the man’s neighbour found a number of injured and deceased sheep and followed the dog back to his property.
They demanded that the dog be put down, he then slammed the animal into the ground, before punching, kicking and kneeing it, and ultimately shooting it three times.
The defendant’s solicitor, Mr Simpson, told the court that his client’s actions were done against the backdrop of the mauling of 14 sheep and “the community has an expectation that animals be treated properly, but in reality the dog would need to be destroyed anyway”.
Magistrate Terry Lucas said, “it’s the way you did it which brought you before court”.