A man who admitted leaving a cat suffering for about two hours in a steel jaw trap he had illegally set in his backyard was convicted on animal cruelty charges in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday.
The 71-year-old Rosewater man was convicted on a charge of ill-treatment of an animal in a manner prescribed by the Animal Welfare Regulations 2012, thereby causing serious harm to a cat. He was also convicted for setting a steel jaw trap in contravention of the regulations. (In SA, it is not illegal to own a steel jaw trap, but it is illegal to set one.)
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