After a two-day trial, Tyson Kay (47) was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Lincoln County Circuit judge for killing Daisy, a black Labrador/Retriever owned by his neighbors.

Found guilty of first-degree aggravated animal abuse and first-degree animal abuse, Kay was sentenced on Friday by Judge Amanda Benjamin for shooting Daisy with a shotgun loaded with birdshot on his property on NE Yaquina Heights Drive.

When law enforcement responded to a call from Daisy’s owner, Sharon Biddinger, on July 5 last year, they found the animal wet and panting heavily.

Daisy was taken to the Grove Veterinary Clinic, where they learned that she had been struck by dozens of small metal pellets, consistent with birdshot.

Daisy Was Shot With Dozens of Small Metal Pellets

The damage was so extensive th

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