Brian Whitlock (b. 1987) plead guilty to animal cruelty on April 9, 2013, at the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Whitlock admitted in Court that he beat his two-year old German Shepherd, named "Captain" with a baseball bat and placed it in a dumpster after believing it was dead, in Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia. Injuries to Captain Captain was found in a dumpster wrapped in a blood soaked blanket, emamiciated, stabbed, cut, poisoned and beaten. The maximum sentence available is five years in jail and a lifetime ban on owning animals.<ref name="Province" /> Other charges Whitlock has other unrelated legal problems and is currently facing charges for assault.<ref name="Province" />
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