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.
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