--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The charges against them for what amounts to > vandalism are actually pretty > > minor, I'm told, compared to the weapons charge > (loaded weapon in a vehicle, > > discharging a weapon within N yards of a school, > some other stuff). > > In Arizona the cat killing could get them the most > time. Or as juvies, the > most community service. Which should not be just > picking up trash.
Oh, agreed. In Colorado it's now a felony: http://www.ddfl.org/legislative.htm Animals win - abusers lose Aggravated animal cruelty is now a felony-level crime in Colorado, thanks to an eleventh-hour amendment to this year's omnibus crime bill (S. 1237). Adopted by the General Assembly on May 7, 2002, the bill was signed by Governor Owens. Colorado joins 35 other states in mandating stiffer penalties for knowledgably tormenting, torturing or killing an animal. As others have pointed out, there is significant correlation between tormenting animals as a youth and harming humans as a teen or adult. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
