Fourteen-month prison sentence for kangaroo butcher

A 37-year-old man was handed a 14-month prison sentence by the Famagusta court on Tuesday, after being found guilty of animal abuse and slaughtering a Kangaroo.

Police said the incident was uncovered on the afternoon of May 7, when a tip-off led officers to the parking area of an apartment building in Dherynia.

There they discovered the dismembered carcass of an adult kangaroo, along with an axe, and several knives.

According to veterinary examinations, the remains were confirmed to belong to a kangaroo...