MOSCOW, November 9 (RAPSI) – A court in Kurilsk (the Sakhalin Region) on Monday sentenced a local resident to six months of community service for intended abuse of a bear by knocking it down by his car, RIA Novosti reported.

According to investigators, on August 14, Denis Streltsov, 32, drove into collision with the bear on his way from sadistic motives.

The animal received an open wound of the face, injuries of skin cover and thoracic spine.

The man faced up to one year in prison.