MOSCOW, September 24 (RAPSI) – A court in Russia’s Kirov Region has fined a local lawmaker 240,000 rubles (over $3,000) for shooting several West Siberian Laikas dead with a hunting rifle, according to a statement of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Moreover, the court has granted a victim’s claim for moral and material damage compensation, the statement reads.

The lawmaker of the Kirov Region Legislative Assembly has been found guilty of cruelty to animals and intended destruction of property of another.

According to case papers, on December 29, 2019, the defendant driving his snow-going vehicle near one of the local villages shot at least five times at several West Siberian Laikas. The dogs died. Damage caused to the animals’ owned was estimated at 108,000 rubles (about $1,400).