Yes, it is true and is more sad than you think. In Brazil there is no law against animal abuse. If they find her guilt she will have to give what they call basic basket that is a certain amount of grocery once a month for a certain amount of months defined by the judge. That is all.
What the police is trying to do is put her behind bars based on a law that says that you can not do anything wrong in front of a kid and she had her 3 years old son with her. The person who did the record was an adult male neighbor and not a kid and should go to prison to because did not do anything to stop her. There is a petition from a Brazilian Senator with already 270.000 signatures to change the law if you want to sign to it is in portuguese but I will put the link here:
Abaixo-assinado #LeiLobo: Basta de impunidade 