1st these girls need to be in custody for at least a year - nothing but school and solitary confinement. Then I think these girls should have to empty bedpans in a burn ward - maybe seeing the pain of burns on a HUMAN will make them understand what that poor kitten has felt because of THEM. They ought to have to sit outside the debridement room every day and listen to the people scream in agony and then mop tho floors after each one of them....every free hour every day until they are 18.
Bob the Tortoise's torturer should go to prison for at least 5 years and THEN he should be forced to work at least 2 years in a hospital that treats veterans with missing limbs and shrapnel injuries - similar injuries to what Bob got at his hands. And be sure and TELL all the veterans there what this man did to a poor defenseless animal. Lets see if America's Finest can show this man what daily pain and suffering is all about!
The LAWS MUST BE CHANGED. Animals are not just something we own, like a car or a TV. Their value is PRICELESS and yet the law calls it a misdemeanor based on the monetary value of a replacement. Animal cruelty is a precursor to HUMAN cruelty and a sign that something is very wrong in the person's head - which either we must fix, or at least prepare to protect society and all living things against forever.
I think we ought to start building specialty prisons on sea platforms. It would take fewer guards and the ones that are needed could work instead keeping the prisoners busy doing something constructive for society. This way we can segregate certain offenders from others except those like them. We could have ones for animal torturers and killers, another one for pedophiles, another for drug addicts or alcoholics - with heavy duty counseling and treatment as a mandate for the entire sentence. Ahh--- Someday maybe we can figure out a way to require certain offenders to live forever in a restricted environment - one without children, or pets or drugs - and receive LIFETIME monitoring, treatment and supervision.
It is a good thing I didn't find these people before the police because I am afraid it would have been "temporary insanity" time for me. I do not thing I could stop myself. It makes me so angry it almost makes me physically ill. We just lost our beloved Sr cat to old age - she was 23 years old! A worthless (in the eyes of the law) pound kitty who we loved like a child. To think that in the eyes of the law a beloved companion of 23 YEARS has so little value that if someone had killed her or tortured her they would have gotten little more than a fine and a slap. I am afraid I would not wait on the law to punish someone who hurt one of MY pets.
We can do BETTER! We must do BETTER! All living creatures are THAT important. The way we treat animals eventually will be the way we treat our fellow man.
My Opinion, Really
I am especially impressed with your last paragraph and totally agree that something more needs to be done to protect those who are the most vulnerable and you made a good point by including the elderly in that group. There seems to be a rise in predatory crimes being committed lately, with predator meaning someone who is larger, younger or more in control of their victims whether it is these two teenagers vs. an 8 wk old kitten, to men & women killing children, to these street thugs who assault and rob the elderly. I totally agree with what Sen. Byrd said today about the Vick case ~ it's "barbaric".
