‘You’ve lost some humanity’: 3 Virginia men who tortured goats sentenced to prison

FREDERICKSBURG, Va.

The goats were struck with a spiked mace — a medieval weapon — attacked by dogs, and had their throats slit, the newspaper reported.

McKinney, 35, of Maurertown, all received three years to serve in connection with a June 18 videotaped incident.

Morgan, 22, had been convicted of two misdemeanors and sentenced to 24 months in jail, the newspaper reported.

According to investigators, a neighbor called police and reported that people at a home in Spotsylvania County were using various objects to torture the animals, The Associated Press reported.

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