Men to serve jail terms for murdering a dog in animal rights breakthrough

In a landmark ruling, two men found guilty of the drunken killing of a Doberman puppy will serve time in prison, after the Katowice district court rejected their appeal. One of the men, who confessed to the crime, will serve eight months in jail. The other, who denied any involvement, will be jailed for 12 months. The two men were found guilty of throwing the puppy off the roof of a ten-story building. Until now, punishments in cases involving animal rights' abuses have been limited to suspended sentences. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) M.T.K.