SHELBY (AP) -- Two Alaska residents each found guilty of 180 counts of animal cruelty were sentenced in Justice Court Friday to 10-year suspended sentences and no fines.

Jon and Athena Lethcoe-Harman agreed to relinquish almost all of their 191 animals and waive their right to appeal.

She gets to keep one Siamese cat and Panache, a short-haired collie; he gets the fox terrier, Kryptonite. Lethcoe-Harman's mother, Nancy Lethcoe, gets to take two dogs, a tri-colored short-haired collie named Mystique and a non-neutered puppy of her choice.

The sentence spared Toole County the task of supervising the dogs' care any longer, because the remaining animals can be put up for adoption.

The Harmans could have been sentenced to a maximum of six months in jail and a $500 fine on each count.

Their odyssey began in mid-October 2002 at Nikiski, Alaska, and was to have ended at a kennel they planned to develop in Arizona.

''I think it's wonderful, and now we can go forward," collie volunteer Mayme Ober said outside the courtroom, her eyes brimming with tears. ''The dogs deserve a better life."

Neither Lethcoe-Harman nor her husband chose to make any remarks in court.

Toole County authorities arrested the Harmans Nov. 1 after U.S. customs inspectors discovered the dirty, thirsty animals in their tractor-trailer when they tried to enter the country at the Port of Sweet Grass. A Justice Court jury in Anaconda found the couple guilty a week ago of 180 counts each of misdemeanor cruelty to animals. The initial trial in Shelby ended in a mistrial for lack of a unanimous verdict.

The couple declined requests for comment and drove to Great Falls to retrieve animals returned to them under the sentencing agreement.