I can't even imagine loosing my snake in such a way! I hope this fool is in jail!!!
05-05-2008, 03:55 PM
aaramire
Re: This is awful!
Wow...... there are no words... :mad::tears:
05-05-2008, 05:18 PM
NightLad
Re: This is awful!
I remember reading about this a while ago... the guy is clearly mentally ill. I hope he gets the help he needs for his (presumed/alleged) alcoholism and a very long prison term for animal cruelty. Sadly, he can not be charged with murder. Even here in Canada prison sentences for animal abusers are pathetically short, and in most cases the perpetrator simply pays a fine.
A few years ago, not too far from where I live, a mid-aged man was charged with animal cruelty after picking up his neighbors tea-cup poodle (it weighed about 6lbs), holding it over his head, and slamming it down onto the cement sidewalk.
He said he thought it was going to pee on his lawn.
He was charged a few hundred dollars and ordered to pay its medical expenses. The poor little thing required several surgeries but will never walk right or be able to hold its head straight again.
In my opinion, if somebody is capable of developing the uncontrolled rage that spurns such horrific actions, they should at least be ordered to undergo serious (mandatory) psychological testing to find out what type of danger they pose to people.
A couple years ago a 66 year old man shot and killed a 15 year old boy for walking on his lawn. Source
It kind of makes you wonder; what if the poodle had been a toddler?
What a world we live in. :tears:
05-05-2008, 05:39 PM
Inknsteel
Re: This is awful!
I don't know about mentally ill. I didn't read anything in that article that would suggest any pre-existing mental condition. From my perspective, the guy was drunk, got into an argument with his girlfriend and lashed out at the one thing he could get his hands on that he knew would cut her the deepest. He even said he picked that one because it was her favorite... I just hope this demented DB gets what he deserves... A nice, long stay in a cell with a big, angry herp enthusiast who also happens to despise pieces of trash who abuse women...
