R v Karolev, [1992] Yukon Registry No. 92-02764

Statute: Criminal Code,
Section: 445.1(1)(a)
Province or Territory: Yukon,
Offence: Abuse,
Animal: Dog,
Type of Distress: Wrapped rubber bands around testicles of two dogs; testicles later had to be removed
Sentence: Conditional discharge
Legal Issue:

Sentencing following a guilty plea. Dogs belonged to neighbour, and had been terrorizing the accused and her family for years; accused was remorseful; Judge says not an act of cruelty but of “desperation.” Conditional sentence imposed.