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A recent claim made by the defence council in the Didsbury animal cruelty case has animal welfare supporters outraged. Sun Media reports that the Defence counsel disputed the suggestion that the abused victim was under his client’s care by stating “animals are considered property, and as such can’t be ‘victims’,” said the article. Shelagh MacDonald, program director at the CFHS says “there is no justification for cruel and harmful acts inflicted on animals, whether they are registered to you or not.”
The Crown prosecutor is arguing that Daniel Charles Haskett, the accused, took part in the killing of Daisy Duke, the family pet. Indicating the actions inflicted on the animal were not an act of mercy rather, he had made the decision to torture the animal, states the article.
In May 2007, Haskett pleaded guilty and unsuccessfully recanted his plea a short time thereafter. Haskett is scheduled to be sentenced December 17.
Click here to read more on the Didsbury/Daisy Duke case.
