I caught a bit of local news on TV after the football game this evening. I was appalled by the lead story about a group of young thugs who threw a cat off a fifth floor balcony.
Not once.
Not twice.
Not thrice.
Four times!
And they filmed the incident using their mobile phones.
According to the news report the cat managed to limp away after being dropped the fourth time, screaming in agony. The cat's owner who eventually found the wounded animal took it to a local vet and the cat was put to sleep.
The incident is thought to be first happy slapping incident involving an animal. Happy Slapping is defined by Wikipedia as a fad in which an unsuspecting victim is attacked while an accomplice records the assault (commonly with a camera phone). The name can refer to any type of violent assault, not just slapping.
The RSPCA managed to track down the thugs who today pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges.
I'm afraid that the severity of the sentences handed out will not match the brutality of the crime.
Tags: Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights
Friday, June 30, 2006
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