Each of the three men apologised for their actions.

Defending Wallace, Chris Pentz claimed the jail term was excessive, especially for someone with no prior criminal record.

He did, however, concede: “There is no question this case has an ‘ewww’ factor.”

For Measnikoff, Joe Ryan branded the sentence “absurd”, while accepting the offences were “disgusting”.

Brubaker’s lawyer, Ryan Sayers, pointed out that his client had cooperated with the investigation and that someone charged with third-degree murder would receive a similar sentence.

Judge Cherry, who described the men as “sick”, defended the terms, stating that the periods of incarceration were in the aggregated range due to the nature of the offences and the number of counts.

After the arrests in August, the teenager, who had been living at the property, was taken into protective custody.

State Police and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals secured placement for the animals.

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