Psychiatrist sentenced in cattle shooting

LA GRANDE, Ore. ? A psychiatrist from Eastern Oregon has pleaded guilty to seven counts of first degree animal abuse for shooting several cows last year. Joel Rice, 57, was sentenced to two days in jail and two years of probation, as well as $1, 600 in fines and 369 hours of community service. As conditions of his probation, Rice must also build a corral on his property to hold trespassing cattle and rebuild a fence that separates his property from a neighbor?s. In August 2013, Rice shot seven cows that had wandered onto his property near La Grande, Ore., killing all but one. He paid the cattle?s owners $47, 500 in compensation and asked for the criminal charges against him to be dismissed.

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