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I don't know how they ever linked the case back to him. Perhaps someone tipped them off.
I never thought about the fact that he lived with his parents. That means they could have done something to save the animals. I wonder what happened.
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What a chilling and terrible crime. Those poor sweet creatures. I am glad a cat was rescued. I can not imagine what could cause someone to do a thing like that. It is seriously sick.
I hope and pray that young man will fully realise what he has done and find some way to do the opposite in what remains of his life.
Shockingly....he looks like any normal, friendly young guy....so chilling.
Something has to be done about the giving away/sale of animals online. I don't know what...
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05-08-2014, 10:07 PM
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Maybe the giving away, and/or sale of animals online should just simply be made illegal. Except for licensed breeders, who have to display their licence number (or something similar) -and who go through stringent 6-monthly checks by either animal welfare organisations, or even a government body set up for the purpose. Maybe a licence fee (renewable each year, as insurance is) would fund such a venture?
That wouldn't stop everyone of course, laws never do, but it could help a lot.
I am sure there is a way to create such a law and enforce it. People just have to have the will to.
If there are laws in place which force producers of medical products/even herbal products to be licensed and have their products tested before they can sell, then I'm sure something could be done about animals. A new law was passed by the MHRA in the UK in 2010 which made it illegal to manufacture herbal products for sale -online or anywhere -without strict testing. I have no idea what the budget was for that, but it happened, and quite easily.
We have to start putting animals a bit higher on our list of priorities.
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I hope they do not turn him loose. He needs to be assessed psychiatrically. Clearly he has problems, but that is no excuse. I am tired of really bad behavior being excused because someone has had a "rough time". We all have rough times in our lives and we do not do unspeakable acts of cruelty.
The judge better do the right thing. Calgarians are very upset about this. Even a five year sentence is not enough. He is already in trouble for hurting women. There is a clear link between abusing animals and abusing humans. So really, protecting animals is also protecting ourselves. Abusers do not distinguish between human and animal so why should the law.
He is a dangerous man and should be treated as such.
Stores that sell animals are inspected regularly. They have to be licenced and they are monitored. I am sure proper breeders would be happy to be licenced as well. The internet is so unregulated, it is no place to sell an animal(or give it away).
There is a lot of work to do to protect animals better under the law. When you look at where things were at in the past we have made progress. sadly progress is usually made after a case like this.
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