Another Sentenced Case

http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12081347 [No pictures on this one]

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) - Two men from Woodstock, Ga., who were convicted of abusing their horses during an extended pack trip in western Montana have been sentenced to six months in jail.

A District Court jury last week convicted 72-year-old Craig Heydon and his 38-year-old son, Curtis Heydon. The elder Heydon was found guilty of 9 counts of animal cruelty to three different horses. His son was convicted of 10 counts - the additional charge coming for abandoning a dying horse tied up without water on a trail.

The Heydons used the horses on a two-month pack trip into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the summer of 2008. The case came to light when they left 1 of the emaciated horses lying collapsed along a trail.

The men were ordered Wednesday to pay $11,544 in restitution for care of the horses. They also must pay almost $10,000 each for the cost of confinement and close to $3,000 each for the cost of the trial.

I have a better idea. Let's drive them out into the mountains and tie THEM to trees without food or water.