A 34-year-old woman received a twelve-month suspended prison sentence and a lifetime ban on keeping a dog after causing serious abuse to her puppy in March 2024, reports The Parisian . She was sentenced on Monday December 2, 2024 in her absence by the criminal court of Meaux (Seine-et-Marne).
“An educational mode”
In March, this resident of Lognes burned Gordo with a hairdryer. It was the neighbors, alerted by the puppy's howls, who alerted the police. The defendant's lawyer tried to explain her client's action: “For her, it was an educational method for the dog […] Today she understood. »
Several animal defense associations have filed a civil suit. “Gordo was burned all over his body, his back, mechanically and deliberately”denounced the Stéphane Lamart Association. “There were slaps, kicks,” has certified Action Animal Protection.
The defendant must compensate each association up to €500 and reimburse part of the veterinary costs. The puppy was confiscated from him.
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