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

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. 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. 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. 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. Smith pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty and acknowledged the negative impact on his community and citizenship application. Smith se declaró culpable de crueldad animal agravada y reconoció el impacto negativo en su solicitud comunitaria y de ciudadanía.