Animal Cruelty (Sentencing Cases)

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed January 2016. (Rev. # 88213)

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Case Digests

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Camardi, 2015 ABPC 65 (CanLII), per Gaschler J	AB	PC	22 months imprisonment	The offender abused and tortured his Siberian Husky over several months until the dog died. The offender also abused a cat. The offender had a prior record for violence and was assessed as being a high risk to re-offend.
R v Habermehl, 2013 ABPC 192 (CanLII), per Fraser J	AB	PC	90 days imprisonment	The offender assaulted the family cat after being frustrated by the cat's behaviour. The cat was euthanized due to injuries.
R v Tremblay, 2012 BCPC 410 (CanLII), per Gouge J	BC	PC	6 month	"continued to strike [animal] repeatedly with a hammer over a period of more than an hour, ignoring [the animal's] cries of pain"
R v Fawcett, 2012 BCPC 421 (CanLII), per Merrick J	BC	PC	fine and probation	unnecessary suffering to 9 dogs
R v Connors, 2011 BCPC 24 (CanLII), per Quantz J	BC	PC	6 months imprisonment and probation	The offender was took care of a friend's dog. The dog was sick and poorly trained and so defecated in the offender's house. The offender as intoxicated and angry and assaulted the dog. The dog died of broken ribs and other injuries from blunt force trauma.
R v Munroe, 2010 ONCJ 226 (CanLII), per ODonnell J	ON	PC	12 months imprisonment	The offender tortured and harmed his girlfriend's dog over a month. The dog died due to injuries. Probation was also ordered.
R v Power, 2003 CanLII 20379 (ON CA), 176 CCC (3d) 209, per Doherty JA	ON	CA		Summary of case is pending.