Man to serve four months for setting dogs on deer at Kingston A man has been jailed for four months after setting his dogs on a deer at Kingston. A MAN who set three hunting dogs on a wild deer in the southeast, has been jailed for four months. Jay Zeuner, 29, from Naracoorte, pleaded guilty in the Mt Gambier Magistrates Court to one aggravated count of ill-treatment of an animal. Zeuner set the three dogs onto the deer at Kingston, in January, and it was several minutes before the deer was killed. RSPCA South Australia Chief Executive Tim Vasudeva said the organisation was "extremely pleased" with the sentence. "Four months imprisonment sends a strong message of deterrence to the community," Mr Vasudeva said. The sentence is a timely reminder that just because an animal is considered by law to be a 'feral' animal, it does not excuse or permit their torture or prolonged suffering. Mr Vasudeva said the case was a "particularly ferocious and horrific example" of animal cruelty. "There is a clear distinction between hunting and torture; the defendant was not imprisoned because he was hunting, but because he intentionally caused serious harm and suffering to an animal," he said. He said the sentence was an encouraging indication that animal cruelty was increasingly being taken more seriously by the courts. Mr Vasudeva urged anyone with information about animal cruelty to contact the RSPCA on 1300 4 777 22.