In Argentina, a farmer was sentenced to three years in prison for animal cruelty after killing more than a hundred Patagonian penguin chicks. However, it is considered unlikely that the farmer will actually go to prison.
The Public Prosecution Service had demanded a prison sentence of four years. The sheep farmer from the southern Argentine province of Chubut was found guilty last month of destroying dozens of nests and killing chicks in 2021. This is said to have happened while he was carrying out clean-up work along the Punta Tumbo nature reserve, home to one of the most important colonies of Magellanic penguins. the Atlantic coast of South America.
Bauer argued that there was a lack of access to the property
The farmer said he had no choice but to clear the land. The state failed to establish an access road to his property or a boundary between his farm and the nature reserve.
Because Argentina’s Criminal Code recommends alternatives to prison sentences for initial convictions and sentences of up to three years, the farmer will likely be spared a prison sentence.
Source: Krone
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