KEMEROVO, July 17 A resident of Novokuznetsk, who threw her drinking companion’s two dogs from the fifth floor balcony, was sentenced to six months of forced labor, reports the press service of the GUMVD for the Kemerovo region.
As the department reported, in April a woman, while visiting a friend, where they drank alcohol and quarreled, in a fit of anger threw two dogs from the balcony of an apartment located on the fifth floor. Both animals were seriously injured and one pet had to be euthanized.
The Kuznetsk District Court of the city of Novokuznetsk “found the defendant guilty and sentenced her to 6 months of correctional labor with the deduction of 5% of the salary as state income,” the department said.
The woman was tried under Part 2 of Art. 245 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation «Cruelty to animals».