A New Zealander who fatally stabbed his neighbour's dog during an early morning fracas in Perth has been jailed for seven months. The dog was treated at a veterinary hospital but went into cardiac arrest the next day and died after 25 minutes of resuscitation efforts. Perth Magistrates Court heard on Wednesday Sagote sought to find his housemate's lost dog Terror by searching with the neighbours' other dog Chloe, who was on heat. Sagote's defence lawyer said his client didn't recognise the neighbours, who weren't Bullet's "direct owner", but he knew the dog well. Sagote was very sad the dog died, the lawyer said.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 22, 2019 08:02 UTC