La sentencia del neozelandés por arrojar un pollo raro en un hoyo de cocodrilo se reduce a una multa. New Zealander’s sentence for throwing a rare chicken into an alligator pit is reduced to a fine.

Peter Smith, un neozelandés de 58 años, apeló con éxito su sentencia por arrojar una rara gallina llamada Betty White a un recinto de cocodrilos en Oakvale Wildlife Park. Peter Smith, a 58-year-old New Zealander, successfully appealed his sentence for throwing a rare chicken named Betty White into an alligator enclosure at Oakvale Wildlife Park. Originalmente condenado a una orden de corrección de nueve meses y 100 horas de servicio comunitario, el juez Timothy Gartelmann redujo su castigo a una multa de 2.000 dólares. Originally sentenced to a nine-month correction order and 100 hours of community service, Judge Timothy Gartelmann reduced his punishment to a $2,000 fine. Smith se declaró culpable de crueldad animal agravada y reconoció el impacto negativo en su solicitud comunitaria y de ciudadanía. Smith pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty and acknowledged the negative impact on his community and citizenship application.