Calgary animal abuser is sentenced.

[Catherine]

I think everyone involved knows it was a good/bad outcome. No one thinks he is sincere and sorry. He will be careful, to avoid getting caught next time. There will be a next time. We don't know what he will do, but he will do something. Probably it will be worse.

Six more months in jail won't change that. He belongs in a psychiatric hospital for as long as it takes to protect the rest of us.

Quote:I say the same thing as I've always said; the giving away of any animals "free to good homes"...and the sale of animals online at such sites as Craigslist, Gumtree, and Kijiji, etc should be completely outlawed. It has already been done (as far as I know) by Ebay. So if Ebay can do it, why not everyone else? That still won't protect the animals 100% but would give them a better chance.

Banning live animals from these sites would make them less vulnerable. People who look for free animals do not always have good motives. That is why the shelters charge so much. They do it to protect the animals they are adopting out.
Good for EBay that it has taken the lead and banned the sale of animals. I hope the rest follow their lead. In the mean time we just have to watch out for the vulnerable animals when we can.