Animal Cruelty

[Mike25]

If someone tortures and animal and abuses it deliberatey, the judge would ordfer that the person should never keep animals again. Shouldn't the same rule apply for farmers?
This guy took revenge on a bull because his father was fined £750 for also being cruel to the bull!!

http://www.belfasttel...cruelty-16226452.html

[RATTER15]

Im sure the same law applies to farmers, the judge in this case didnt feel that it was a fit punishment, personally I would have pulled the farmers testicles off with my bare hands and fed them to the dogs!!

[B00]

I truly never understand people that are deliberately cruel to the defenseless. I'm not sure how I'd react if i ever saw something like this- ive a feeling that a 'red mist' of rage would descend and id do something equally cruel to them probably with terrible consequences to myself which I wouldn't consider at the time.

[Baldric]

A public flogging would be good!

[Brinjal]

People like that should be jailed. They are not fit to be in the community. I read in the new Zealand herald where a farmer broke the tails of 115 of his 135 herd of dairy cows. 25 had to be put down as they had broken legs Lesions swollen hocks. He got home detention.

[wildwood]

^^ http://www.bayofplent...ment-of-cows/1587674/

Unbelievable!

[Olliebaby]

One thing I can never get my head around is "why?????" Why do people feel the need to do this?? Surely it comes down to wanting control/power over something and children and animals are the only thing that cant answer back. I mean, I just dont get the point. If you dont like children and animals - DONT HAVE THEM!!! How very empty and pathetic their lives must be. Sad, disgusting wastes of space. I wish the worst possible on these vile scum.

[Canary42]

It always intrigues me how cruelty to animals brings out the most violently cruel reactions. So these self-styled retributioners aren't against cruelty itself, just its exercise on dumb animals.

[Olliebaby]

I like how they have put their address! Letter going in the post today!!!

[B00]

Think its attacks on the indefensible Canary- it does make your blood boil to know that people do unspeakable things to creatures (human or animal) that cannot retaliate.

[RATTER15]

Canary, do you really think a fine is a suitable punishment for the pain and suffering these people cause to these innocent defenceless creatures?

In rare cases I think I would treat like with like.

Just so they have some idea of how these animals have suffered!

[wildwood]

Canary, there are different levels of cruelty and it would be insane to pull the legs off a child because it pulled the legs off a fly. Personally, I think people who breed dogs with short legs or pushed in faces so they'll have health troubles during their lives are also cruel, but unintentionally so.

But the mindless cruelty in question here is surely well beyond normal and a fine is not going to make much impression on the pathetic individual. A stiff shift in the house for naughty people will find him at the mercy of more powerful people, many of who, I dare say, would not take lightly to what he has done. See how he likes to be on the bottom of the heap for a change.