A YIELIMA man has abandoned his appeal against an $80,000 fine for aggravated animal cruelty, after a County Court Judge last week warned the penalty would likely be increased.
The 64-year-old pleaded guilty in the Shepparton Magistrates’ Court to four charges of aggravated cruelty relating to the inhumane killing of 71 eastern grey kangaroos on his property in Northern Victoria in 2021.
He was c...