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Bradley Gavin Knoeson avoids jail after drowning, bashing dog in WA (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

British backpacker Bradley Gavin Knoesen, 31, has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges in Western Australia.

Knoesen, who is in Australia on a working holiday visa, drowned a kelpie before beating it to death.

What's next?

Knoelsen has avoided an immediate jail term but is likely to be deported from Australia.

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[–] 9 points 1 day ago (1 child)

drowned a kelpie before beating it to death

This isn't a typo - he did actually drown the dog, he then revived her (the dog, a 1 year old puppy) and beat her to death with a beer bottle.

It seems the dog didn't even do anything wrong to annoy him or anything - he apparently did all this to get at the dog's owner, saying "I want [the dog's owner] to see what happened to his precious dog."

It seems crazy to give him a suspended sentence for this. Completely psychopathic behaviour to an innocent and defenceless puppy.

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago

    We still live in a world where even our accepted pet species are treated as less than property by many global societies. IDK the specifics of Australian animal laws, but that’s the only guess I can muster, especially if they don’t even feel compelled to view an Australian Kelpie with more regard.

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