Shamus Haws was found guilty in September on four out of 11 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty.
That was after 10 horses he owned were found dead due to dehydration in 2014.
He said it was all a "big misunderstanding" and a "tragic mistake".
The animals went without water for up to five days during the hottest part of the year - temperatures close to 100 degrees - before they were found.
His attorney said he was a life-long horse trainer with a sterling reputation who had about 250 horses at the time.
Haws said he had a contract employee who was supposed to water the horses in the Magna field but for whatever reason, that didn't happen and the animals died.
"Poor animals just suffered and just died right there in front of us.. It's really heart-wrenching when you see these horses just struggling just for their last few moments of life and then falling down and dying."
After an exhaustive misdemeanor trial, the judge said it simply would not be right to sentence Haws to jail Wednesday.
This judge is an idiot.
She did order him to pay a fine and to 50 hours of community service.
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| Haws' attorney makes sure the earns her money by telling the media that "no one feels worse" than her poor client. Um, yeah, right. This woman is a horrible troll. |
But Haws' attorney says her client has already paid a significant price for this accident and they want his record wiped clean.
Haws and his attorney will be appealing the guilty verdicts and will begin all over again with a trial in district court sometime next year.
(FOX13 - Nov 18, 2015)
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