Man gets 6 months in jail for beating dogs

A Montreal man is facing the stiffest sentence related to animal cruelty the province has ever issued.

According to CBC News, Geoffrey Laberge was sentenced to 6 months in prison after he beat and stabbed his two dogs in August 2011.

Veterinarian Lissa Altschuler said one of the dogs, a 3-year old pug was stabbed in the head. Both were taken to a veterinary clinic in NDG and both survived the attacks.

The SPCA said a sentence of this magnitude sends a message to the public that animal cruelty is being taken seriously.

In July, the Animal Legal Defence Fund ranked Quebec near the bottom of Canadian animal protection laws calling it, "the best province to be an animal abuser."