Owner of pit bulls that killed horse gets 30 days in jail

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Apr 15, 2008 at 10:40 PM EST

Story Updated: Sep 18, 2008 at 10:47 AM EST

HANDY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A judge has given a 30-day jail sentence to a Livingston County man whose pit bulls fatally attacked a horse.

District Judge Carol Sue Reader on Tuesday also ordered 44-year-old David McGalliard to pay $221,951 and serve two years' probation. He's from Handy Township, about 55 miles west-northwest of Detroit.

A sheriff's deputy fatally shot McGalliard's two pit bulls in January as they attacked the 1,000-pound, 26-year-old horse. It had to be euthanized.

The Detroit News and The Ann Arbor News says McGalliard pleaded no contest to letting animals stray and having unlicensed dogs.

In September, a pit bull pack killed two people in nearby Iosco Township. Owner Diane Cockrell awaits trial on felony charges.

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