" HappySmilePatrol, Then find out what the punishment is. A misdemeanor? IF first offender... likely a fine. If NOT.. maybe probation and a fine. Cruel acts or intent to be cruel should be taken seriously.

This is not blind rage without rational.

It is rage, yes... for the irrational way that it has been allowed to occur and continue to occur. "

" It seems people are placing the same amount of emphisis on animal abuse as human abuse. I do not condone animal abuse at all. I'm just saying, its a little overboard, look at these responses 'triple the punishment..although I don;t even know what it is'. This is just blind rage without rational. "

" I think this guys's screen name was "anonymous"?! "

" misdemenor....it's true if you want to get away w/ murder, come here, you'll more than likly get away with anything.sicko's. "

" Animal welfare groups are trying to get states and even Congress to make harsher penalties for these sick people. If the crime is a Felony with time in Prison and a huge fine, instead of just a misdemeanor, it would make these sickos think twice before they touch any animal.

As far as Michael Vick, he did serve time in prison, paid some fines and promised to help the Humane Society with influencing young men not to get pit bulls and not to participate in or view dog fighting. I haven't heard anything about Vick doing any Community Service for the Humane Society, but after he gets playing again and gets a paycheck he will have NO excuse not to be an advocate for the evils of dog fighting when he's not on the football field. If he doesn't do what he promised, then he can go back to prison for a few more years to think about the dogs he killed.

(Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah has some of the pit bulls taken from Vick's place, and a few of them were able to be retrained and are now adopted and in permanent loving homes). "

" Good point Thinksensibly. I personally think its because these young people of todays society are the product of all the drug use that both they AND they're parents have done. Nobody can tell me that using dope doesn't effect your kids, even if you don't do it while pregnant.
This is one twisted freak. I am not a cat lover by any means, but I still feel sorry for seeing one dead in the road. Its a sad commentary on our disintegrating society "

" Couldn't agree more!

It just seems like you hear more and more of these stories about people doing mentally sick things like this? WHY? Society as a whole didn't have this many sick and twisted people 20 years ago... 30 years ago. What has changed?

In my own opinion... we now allow these things to happen and turn a blind eye. The laws don't stand up to the perpetrators... so it continues to happen.

Michael Vick.. perfect example. HORRID, SICK crimes. What did "society" do? Welcomed him back to the NFL and made him a millionaire all over again. A slap on the hand and now, acceptance, followed by glorification.

He should have been locked up. Many of those dogs didn't get a second chance.. why did he?

And what did the rest of the people with these same tendencies learn? "

" thinksensibly, I totally agree with you, people like this use animal cruelty to experiment their violent urges which often excel into violence on humans. What kills me is you can get more harsh a penalty for possesion of drugs, I meen even if you disagree with drug use, no amount of drug possesion is worse than hurting an innocent creature like a cat or dog. "

" You said it perfectly Childofthekorn1318! This makes me completely SICK... but even more sick when I read it was ONLY a misdemeanor! Do you suppose someone sick and twisted enough to do something like this to an innocent animal MIGHT have the potential to do something worse... to a child or other person? Let this be the warning... keep our animals and people safe! The message needs to be sent that this is NOT going to be tolerated on ANY level. "

" I wish we could triple the penalties for animal cruelty, I'm not even sure what they are, but whatever it is, I'm sure it isn't enough. This is sickening. "