GEORGETOWN, P.E.I. -- Three teenagers convicted of attacking dozens of seals in Prince Edward Island this past winter were sentenced today to probation.
An administrator with the Georgetown provincial court said they were all given two years probation.
During proceedings, court heard that a 15- and 17-year-old, along with 18-year-old Colton Clements, were responsible for bludgeoning 65 seals with a hockey stick, a club and a clam hack.
Many of the seals were killed while lying on the shoreline below a cliff in Beach Point in January, but some were still alive when discovered by students from the University of Prince Edward Island's Atlantic Veterinary College.
The teens, who complied with authorities during the official investigation after public tips gave them away, were charged under the federal Fisheries Act with cruelty to animals.
