Woman avoids jail for starving 50 dogs, leaving two dead

A South Korean appellate court has given a suspended prison sentence to a woman in her 40s who confined dozens of pet dogs in her home without food or water, resulting in the deaths of two animals. The Daegu District Court said Friday that, on appeal, it replaced a lower court’s immediate prison term with a suspended sentence, handing down six months in prison, suspended for two years, along with a fine of 1 million won ($ 670) for violating the Animal Protection Act. The case stems from an inci

By The Korea Herald