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Mark Russell

Grandad 'enjoyed' seeing alligator kill beloved chicken

Peter Smith has been sentenced to an intensive correction order and 100 hours of community service. (Mark Russell/AAP PHOTOS)

A wildlife park owner has praised a magistrate for defending much-loved chicken Betty White who was grabbed by grandfather Peter Smith and thrown into an alligator pen.

Kent Sansom, owner of Oakvale Wildlife Park at Salt Ash in the NSW Hunter region, said justice had been served on Wednesday when Smith was placed on a nine-month intensive correction order, rather than just being fined for animal cruelty.

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