Lady Who Shot and Skinned Husky in Montana Sentenced

The girl who posted images of herself to Fb with a skinned husky, which she claimed was a wolf she had shot and killed, pled no contest to an animal cruelty cost in Montana yesterday.

Amber Barnes, who was 36 when she shot the canine, obtained the misdemeanor cost from a choose in Flathead County District Courtroom. She’ll face a 6-month deferred sentence, in accordance with native KPAX 8 information. Based on Montana legislation, meaning she’ll be on probation for six months. If she fulfills the courtroom’s necessities, it’s going to take away the cost from her report.

Barnes should additionally full an internet looking course and can’t use her looking rifle throughout her probation, KPAX 8 reported, and he or she initially obtained a $585 high-quality, which was later suspended.

Barnes attracted a number of consideration for her mistake final fall, when she took to Fb displaying a canine’s stays, saying she had “smoked a wolf pup.”

The husky she shot and killed was one among a handful of younger canine somebody dumped close to Kalispell, Mont., a Flathead County Sheriff’s spokesperson mentioned. Many had parvo, however every canine besides the one Barnes killed was recovering as of the incident.