A Calgary man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after a jury found him guilty of torturing and killing multiple pet rabbits over several months, in a case the judge called “vile” and “inconceivable.”
Nicholas Weseen was convicted of 10 counts of animal cruelty under the Criminal Code for killing or injuring several rabbits by causing them unnecessary pain, injury, or suffering, and by failing to provide them suitable and adequate food, water, shelter, or care, according to a May 29 sentencing judgment by Justice Michel Bourque of Alberta’s Court of King’s Bench.
The offences occurred between October 2022 and January 2023, when Weseen was arrested and gave a voluntary interview to a police detective, in which he confessed to having committed several offences but minimized the extent and gravity of his actions, the decision said….