Animal cruelty.

raven · Oct 22, 2008 8:41 AM

I was shocked to read this animal torture news article in the local newspaper The Daily Mercury this morning. The incident occurred in Moranbah, near Mackay, Australia.

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Puppy suffers horrific death after torture
October 22, 2008

HARDENED police officers have been shocked by the horrifying torture, mutilation and brutal slaying of a seven-month-old fox terrier dog at Moranbah.

Police have obtained video footage from a mobile phone that shows graphic images of the puppy yelping and howling in terrible pain as it is hacked to pieces.

Animal rights experts have described the case as one of the worst and most horrific in Australian history. Police will allege that a pair of garden shears and a pocket knife were used to torture and kill the little puppy.

Moranbah police said the dog was a family pet and the owners were too distressed and upset to talk to anyone about it.

The dog's nose was cut off, its front right leg and rear left leg were cut off and it was decapitated.

Its stomach was cut open from neck to tail.

Police will say the dog was stolen from a residence in Railway Parade in Moranbah and was taken to a lookout in the town.

Congealed blood and dog hairs were found on picnic tables at the lookout.

A three-part video series on a mobile phone shows the dog being tortured.

The final stages of the video show the dog's mutilated body parts.

The dog's body was found about 3.50am on Monday near the town's campdraft ground. It was dumped beside a road.

It is believed a car crashed into a fence at the campdraft ground and police were checking if anyone was injured when they discovered the dog's body.

After seizing the mobile phone, police recovered a set of garden shears which had dog hair and blood on them.

Police also took possession of the clothes worn by two men in the car, for scientific testing.

"Senior police officers were visibly shaken after viewing the footage. Police and the RSPCA say that if the allegations are true this could well be the worst case of animal cruelty ever brought before the courts in Australia," RSPCA's Queensland Chief Inspector Michael Pecic said.

"This is very, very disturbing," Mr Pecic said.

"For legal reasons this is really all I can say at the moment. But when you talk to senior police officers who have seen a lot of carnage in their time and they say it shocked even them, then you begin to get the picture."

Footage from the attack has been suppressed by police until the outcome of the court case.

The maximum penalty under the Animal Care and Protection Act for such an offence is $75,000 or two years in jail; however, the maximum penalty ever handed out has been a four-month jail term.

Two men, aged 20 and 24, were charged in the Mackay Magistrate's Court with stealing a dog, wilfully and unlawfully killing it, wilfully damaging a gate, and unlawful possession of marijuana, all at Moranbah on Monday.

No pleas were entered and both men were remanded in custody until today.

(copied from Daily Mercury website. More articles.).

It's a disgusting and sadistic thing to do. I don't understand how people get pleasure or enjoyment from watching an animal die in the utmost pain.

spyromaster330 · Oct 22, 2008 9:03 AM

Thats just sick. How could anyone do that to a helpless little puppy? I hope the people who did that rot in prison for years.

Phoenix_Flyer · Oct 22, 2008 9:17 AM

That's upset my day.... Why would anyone do that?

There's a lot of things happening like that at this time of year. Especially in the UK around Bonfire Night. The most common cruelty for people to commit is setting off fireworks with cats or rabbits tied to them..... Its horrible.....

Spyrorocks · Oct 22, 2008 6:24 PM

Its sad sure... But the legal system is messed up. People receive bigger punishments for killing animals than people.

Phoenix_Flyer · Oct 22, 2008 6:43 PM

Good point.... People wonder why there's so many delinquents.... They don't get punished or face good enough punishments.

Neotyguy40 · Oct 22, 2008 7:01 PM

$75,000 or 2 years in jail?

If I made the law, I would make it:

$500,000 and 20 years prison...

That would not count for the kidnapping, marijauna, and destruction of property.

Spyrorocks · Oct 22, 2008 7:28 PM

I think our legal system needs priorities... People, then animals.

TheDarkDragoness · Oct 22, 2008 7:35 PM

Oh my gosh, I couldn't even read the whole thing >< I can't help it because my mind always has to picture what it reads. I could just hear the yelping.. why would people do such horrible things like that? :cries:

Kamineko · Oct 22, 2008 7:36 PM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

$75,000 or 2 years in jail?
If I made the law, I would make it:
$500,000 and 20 years prison...
That would not count for the kidnapping, marijauna, and destruction of property.

that is absolutely ridiculous. the punishment doesn't fit the crime.

Phoenix_Flyer · Oct 22, 2008 7:37 PM

You are right there, SR. But, the system does need to be harsher for everything really. The UK is even more 'leniant' than the US. Some fool from labour party is trying to file for making it illegal to smack children. How else are people gonna bloomin' punish their kids?! The main reason I respect my parents is because I know I will get a good hiding if I don't do as I'm told. I only get disciplined if I'm really bad and have been told at least 3 times, no. If it does come to a slap, once is usually enough and I forget after an hour or so.

Rurikredwolf · Oct 22, 2008 8:38 PM

Just...wow. That is sad. I say screw the laws and just do what they did to that dog. but then we'd ahve to do what people do to other people...

Stormy · Oct 22, 2008 10:11 PM

That is sick. Absolutely sick.

I agree, though; killing a human should definitely be punished more than killing an animal. But the fact that those people are capable of such a brutal crime suggests that they are desensitized to violence and might be able to do it to a human as well. I think that is a good sign that they need to be kept away from normal society.

Fletch_Talon · Oct 23, 2008 12:12 AM

or we could punish both as severely as each other

would most people agree that killing a baby is worse than killing an adult?

why? because the baby is defenceless.

and so are most animals (at least against humans) animal cruelty is more disgusting to me than killing a human because, like bullying, its done by cowards too chicken *bleep* to attack something that can fight back

now in saying that i think people who kill another human (provided its not self defence or something) need to go to prison and stay there, theyve proven to society that they are unable to live in a civilised world where problems are not solved with death

in cases of animal cruelty like this, id deem life in prison appropriate, it was torture, not just "oops i forgot to feed my dog" or "i had his leash too tight" they purposefully went out and killed something causing it the maximum amount of pain possible, also for no reason

for people like that to do what they did and get 2 *bleep*ing years only makesme feel like throwing up

cooldude22345 · Oct 23, 2008 12:40 AM

Those guys should be hung from their jewels, if they have any. And then whipped with barbed wires.

Spyro_Loves_Me · Oct 23, 2008 3:57 AM

That's quite disturbing. For that offense, I don't think 2 years is enough. They should get more because of the marijuana though.
That's just sick though. And then just leaving the body on the road ...

A Guy · Oct 23, 2008 9:47 PM

I do not believe in animal rights.

SavageNymph · Oct 23, 2008 10:11 PM

This is discusting sad ....The hearts of humans are just so weak T_T This actually made me cry

Taco Godess · Oct 24, 2008 12:44 AM

Oh my god.. why? Why do people do this? What do they get out of torturing a poor defenseless puppy? And 2 years? Only 2 years?!

Humans are animals too. Dogs and cats (dogs especially) have emotions. They feel pain, they bleed. In that way, they're no different from us.

Neotyguy40 · Oct 24, 2008 12:47 AM

A Guy wrote:

I do not believe in animal rights.

... Why?

Taco Godess wrote:

Oh my god.. why? Why do people do this? What do they get out of torturing a poor defenseless puppy? And 2 years? Only 2 years?!
Humans are animals too. Dogs and cats (dogs especially) have emotions. They feel pain, they bleed. In that way, they're no different from us.

Earlier than 2 years... 7 months...

Taco Godess · Oct 24, 2008 1:07 AM

Earlier than 2 years... 7 months...

*explodes*

SavageNymph · Oct 24, 2008 1:12 AM

Taco Godess wrote:

Earlier than 2 years... 7 months...
*explodes*

*Explodes also*Are these people stupid in the mind?!7 months?they kidknapped a puppy and tortured it for just a heartless reason!They diserve to have a death penalty.

bananababy · Oct 24, 2008 1:38 AM

That is just freaking sick..
I almost ripped my skin off reading this...
These people should be hung by the skin of their feet and lashed with knife-covered barbwire strips.
7MONTHS IN JAIL?
ARE THOSE PEOPLE RETARDED!?
Who the hell can put someone who did such a heartless, cruel, idiotic thing in jail for only 7months?! They should be tortured like I said for 10 years!!!!!!!
10 FREAKING YEARS!
**** THOSE ******* WHO DID THAT!
*Rips chunk out of wall*

....
Sorry for my outburst of anger. I'm just so freaking mad after reading this.

raven · Oct 24, 2008 1:44 AM

Phoenix_Flyer wrote:

That's upset my day.... Why would anyone do that?
There's a lot of things happening like that at this time of year. Especially in the UK around Bonfire Night. The most common cruelty for people to commit is setting off fireworks with cats or rabbits tied to them..... Its horrible.....

What, tie fireworks on and send them flying to their deaths? That’s sick. There seems to be a link between animal abuse and eventual violence against people later on, too.

Spyrorocks wrote:

Its sad sure... But the legal system is messed up. People receive bigger punishments for killing animals than people.

What do people get for murder in Canada?

Fletch_Talon wrote:

in cases of animal cruelty like this, id deem life in prison appropriate, it was torture, not just "oops i forgot to feed my dog" or "i had his leash too tight" they purposefully went out and killed something causing it the maximum amount of pain possible, also for no reason

My mum said something similar, that this is worse because it’s not just neglect or carelessness, but purposeful deliberate abuse.

Taco_Godess wrote:

And 2 years? Only 2 years?!

2 years and $75000 Australian dollars is the maximum penalty for animal cruelty in Queensland, at this time. sad

Neotypguy40 wrote:

Earlier than 2 years... 7 months...

Is that the maximum penalty in your country, or the sentence the two men got? I thought they were still in the courts.

Kamineko · Oct 24, 2008 2:15 AM

"OH NO A PUPPY COME ON LET'S MURDER THIS GUY IN THE SICKEST WAY WE CAN THINK OF IT'S NOT AT ALL HYPOCRITICAL".

raven · Oct 24, 2008 2:23 AM

Atresac wrote:

"OH NO A PUPPY COME ON LET'S MURDER THIS GUY IN THE SICKEST WAY WE CAN THINK OF IT'S NOT AT ALL HYPOCRITICAL".

Tit-for-tat. Reminds me of a saying...

"Why do we kill people who kill other people to prove that killing people is wrong?"

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