What do you think should happen to people who abandon animals in horrible conditions?

Just saw on the news someone had left a cat and 2 kittens outside the RSPCA animal shelter last night. Its winter and they didn't give them a blanket to make it through the night.
2 months ago there was another story of puppies tied up in a plastic bag with no airholes left abandoned in a park garbage bin.
The animals were saved, luckily.
Now I don't believe in an 'Eye for an Eye', but here it seems warranted. Don't you think?