there was a 17 year old girl in NYC who just got a year in jail for putting a kitten in the oven, turning on the oven and leaving the kitten to die. the girl had broken into someone’s apt. that she knew, and the kitten belonged to the apt. owner. i think one year was not enough. and then they say the girl can’t own any pets. who is going to make sure she does not own any pets? plus the publicity probably went to her head. someone should burn her hands and show her how it feels. that story sickened me.
i can’t stand hearing these stories, because animals can’t tell us when they’re being abused, locked up, tortured, tied up, left outside, etc. when i was little i had a friend who’s parents never fed the dog real dog food – they would feed it left over pasta. the dog would be so starving it would eat the pasta. then the dog went into the grandmother’s garden and the grandmother bashed the dog’s head on the concrete as punishment. i saw that happen but i was only about 8 so i could not do anything about it.