The offender who inflicted the fatal injuries has been identified. The maximum sentence he faces is imprisonment for up to three years.
On 26 September, the police received a report of a dog being cruelly treated on Shchyretska Street in Lviv.
An investigative team and officers from other services of the Police Department No. 1 of the Lviv District Police Department No. 2 immediately arrived at the address. In the yard of the house, the police found the corpse of a dog. It was preliminarily established that the animal had been killed with a wooden stick.
Law enforcement officers also identified the offender who inflicted the fatal injuries on the animal. It was an 84-year-old resident of Lviv.
Investigators of the territorial police unit opened criminal proceedings over the incident under Part 1 of Article 299 (Cruelty to animals) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of restriction of liberty for a term of one to three years or imprisonment for a term of two to three years with confiscation of the animal.
Forensic examinations have been ordered, the pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Lviv regional police communication department