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Miklos Bolza

Relief at jail sentence for dog's torture

Animal Justice Party's Emma Hurst said there are still enormous gaps in legislation. (AAP)

A mobile petting zoo owner who fatally wounded a dog with a pitchfork and mallet has been sentenced to at least two years in jail for the "brutal and barbaric attack".

On Monday, magistrate David Degnan ordered that Sydney man Daniel Brighton, 33, spend a maximum of 38 months behind bars for his cruel attack on a bull terrier at 3am on January 14, 2016.

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