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Post by Mel Mel on Aug 7, 2007 0:26:25 GMT
"DIDSBURY, Alta. (CP) - A 10-week delay in the sentencing of a central Alberta man who admitted to fatally torturing his mother's dog left animal rights activists disappointed but determined to see the case through to its conclusion.
A small group of protesters from across the province gathered in Didsbury, Alta., on Wednesday hoping to see Daniel Charles Haskett, 19, sent to prison for his role in the death of Daisy Duke, a Lab-border-collie cross.
But incomplete psychological and pre-sentencing reports means the case, which sent shock waves across Canada, will not be closed until Oct. 17 - a little more than a year after Daisy was found barely alive in an intersection of this quiet farming town.
Valerie Roberton of the Edmonton-based group Voice for Animals said Haskett should receive the maximum penalty currently allowed under the Canadian Criminal Code for animal cruelty convictions.
"They tortured her to death - and that deserves a maximum penalty," she said outside the courthouse."...continued... www.cjad.com/news/14/564763
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