FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man who used a crossbow to shoot an arrow into a stray dog has been sentenced to the maximum two years in state jail.
A judge in Fort Worth on Wednesday sentenced Christopher Swilley. Jurors earlier convicted the 49-year-old Fort Worth man of animal cruelty.
Prosecutors say Swilley fled after shooting the male husky on April 11, 2012, while the animal was in a neighborhood.
Some people who live nearby saw the injured dog reach their yard and called 911. The arrow went in the dog’s leg and through his chest.
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The dog survived emergency surgery. The animal was adopted two weeks later by a family who named him Dantes.
Prosecutors say the husky still favors one side of his body but otherwise is healthy.