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Australian jailed for killing nine puppies with brick

An Australian man was Monday jailed for 18 months on animal cruelty charges after bludgeoning to death nine puppies with a brick while high on methamphetamine, commonly known as ice.

Nathan Thompson, 25, pleaded guilty to the horrific deaths at Kurri Kurri, 150 kilometres (92 miles) north of Sydney, in March, with one witness describing the scene as "a massacre".

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