Father and son convicted for the murder of a dog in Caracas
Two men were sentenced to prison for killing a community dog inside a parking lot located in La Candelaria, Caracas, in June 2023.
Héctor Gil Pérez was sentenced to four years in prisonwhile his father, Héctor Gil Linares, must pay two years in prison, This being the first criminal sanction for animal abuse in Venezuela.
Both were arrested and placed under the command of the Public Ministry on June 16, 2023. Prosecutor Tarek William Saab reported at that time on his social networks that the men “for no reason and only for the pleasure of killing: they shot him twice.” with a firearm at a community pet.”
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