Man charged in cruelty case

[Catherine]

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.