>You all might wish to move your local laws so that animals abusers can be >better punished. > >Here in Washington state USA, a few years ago and not many miles from my >home, some young men did a monstrous thing. They entered a ....... --------------- Somethign similar happened here. Until last year, nimal ause or murder was a "misdemenior". Thre was this guy who killed an entire litter of cats- only one of them was foudn alive and ableto be treated to live. this poor cat had its legs cut, ears burned off, an eye cut out tail cut, etc. This guy had an excuse for EVERYTHIGN. the cat "lost" its tail when one of his kids stepped on it by accident, the ears got burned off when he was trying to blow dry it with a hairdrier after bathing it, and so on. There was a huge outcry about the whole situation- they guy was eventually let go as innocent woudl you beleive that. The good thing that resulted is that plenty of support was obtained to get animal abuse made intoa felony. Prompty afterthsi all of course the guiy moved to a neighboring state where animal abuseis still a misdemenor. hmm :( Another problem remains hower- theres states in which animal abuse maybe quite punishable... BUT rodents (either generally or individual species) are written OUT of any animal cruelity laws. There was a acase in I THINK it was NY or NJ? It was soemthignout that way and i read this a logn time ago so forgive me.... but it was where a guy beat a rat to death in his yard and was taken to court over it. The case was thrown out because the idea was a man should be able to use whatever means desired to rid ones property of vermin. Rodents in general were thus written out of any their anticruelty laws. Result being you could break into a zoo, torture and kill all their domestic rats, spiny mice, dormice, squirrels, chipmunks, etc and all they can fine you with is breakign and entering... the animals are unprotected. :( ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
