A girl has been charged after a dog was allegedly thrown off a cliff and abandoned. The animal was solely found after a passersby heard yelping and noticed a cage on the backside of a big drop.
Emergency companies had been referred to as to the location at Mount Ousley close to Wollongong earlier than NSW Police and the SES had been in a position to access the kennel and find an injured Australian Bulldog inside. It was taken to a vet nevertheless was euthanised because of its situation.
The incident allegedly occurred in a single day on January 22 final yr, with police arresting a 32-year-old over a yr later following an “in depth” investigation. Police have charged the lady with inflicting demise of an animal. She has additionally been charged with torturing and beating an animal after the canine was allegedly discovered emaciated and unwell.
She was given bail to look at Wollongong Local Court subsequent month.
In NSW, anybody discovered responsible of aggravated animal cruelty, an act which ends up in the demise or severe harm of an animal, can face two years’ imprisonment. Abandoning an animal can also be punishable with six months’ imprisonment.
Authorities had pleaded for anybody with dashcam video on Clive Bissell Drive from across the time to come back ahead, whereas police additionally shared a photograph of the kennel that the canine was present in.
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