BBC News
A man in the US state of California faces a possible life sentence for allegedly killing his wife’s Chihuahua.
Bud Wally Ruiz, 53, gave the puppy to his wife as a Mother’s Day gift, but now he is charged with animal cruelty.
Ruiz has a criminal history stretching back 30 years, with four convictions for assault with a deadly weapon.
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