Cat microwaved to death

[snopes]

Four teens who recently broke into a home put a cat in a microwave and cooked it to death, police said.

The horrific animal torture has sent shockwaves through the city southeast of Edmonton and animal rights activists are demanding the teens be immediately examined by a psychiatrist.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Albe...4/4753139.html

[Ariadne]

Ugh. I am going to stop myself and not read this article. This reminds me of a story posted here awhile back about someone breaking into a home and putting a cat in the oven. My biggest fear about someone breaking into our home is that they will hurt the cats.

[Lady Neeva]

Join the club, I think we should have t-shirts. I'm not worried that someone will break in and steal everything we own... I could live with that. It would suck, but material objects are replaceable. Living creatures aren't.

Those kids need serious psychological help... thats just sick.

[llewtrah]

Save the psych assessment. Just microwave the teens to death. Even in their own homes animals are not safe.

[Syllavus]

Geez. I'm not going to feel quite right until I get home tonight and know my two kitties are safe.

[FullMetal]

Yeah heard that on the radio this morning.

Whats worse is the mothers defending their children. one of the kids is on probation for burning his brother. the mother's defence on that "oh he was just throwing out the gasoline and it caught fire"

The kid's a psychopath, and needs help. apparently there's facebook groups up already to get them tried as adults, and advocating other harsher immediate (non judicial) punishments.

I hope that at least the kid with the record gets tried as an adult. not sure about the records of the other 3 kids, but that one needs help now!

[inkiemouse]

I'm also not going to read the actual article...
I think this warrants more than a "cruelty to animals" charge, though. I don't know what else they could be charged with, but there must be something more severe.

[lord_feldon]

Originally Posted by inkiemouse

I'm also not going to read the actual article...
I think this warrants more than a "cruelty to animals" charge, though. I don't know what else they could be charged with, but there must be something more severe.

Unless there's some kind of "aggravated cruelty," I doubt there's anything else.

[llewtrah]

Makes me want password protection on microwave ovens.

[lord_feldon]

I should also say that this is why Schrödinger's theories should not be discussed with children. They take too many things literally.

[TrishDaDish]

Originally Posted by inkiemouse

I'm also not going to read the actual article...
I think this warrants more than a "cruelty to animals" charge, though. I don't know what else they could be charged with, but there must be something more severe.

The last paragraph in the article states:

Police say each of the teens allegedly involved in microwaving the Camrose cat face a litany of charges, including unlawfully killing an animal, causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal, breaking and entering, theft, and possession of stolen property.

[Jelly Bean Queen]

I don't think I could bear knowing that one of my dear sweet kitties suffered so horribly. I hope the owners of the cat sue the parents of these monsters for the emotional damage they must be suffering over the horrifying loss of a family member.

Maybe the threat of financial loss might make them do something about their satan's spawn children.

[llewtrah]

Originally Posted by Jelly Bean Queen

I don't think I could bear knowing that one of my dear sweet kitties suffered so horribly. I hope the owners of the cat sue the parents of these monsters for the emotional damage they must be suffering over the horrifying loss of a family member.

Maybe the threat of financial loss might make them do something about their satan's spawn children.

I still vote for microwaving the perpetrators to death. It bothers me that they have so little respect for life and they may well continue along that path and abuse humans. We really, really don't need that sort of individual in society.

[Ezri]

That's horrible, I didn't read the actual article but I mean I can't imagine my dear sweet Olivia being put in a microwave....isn't killing animals like the first sign of a homicidal maniac?

[llewtrah]

Originally Posted by Ezri

That's horrible, I didn't read the actual article but I mean I can't imagine my dear sweet Olivia being put in a microwave....isn't killing animals like the first sign of a homicidal maniac?

First animals, then humans (often children or helpless ones). That's why I vote to remove them from this life when the danger signs are spotted.

[geminilee]

Originally Posted by llewtrah

First animals, then humans (often children or helpless ones). That's why I vote to remove them from this life when the danger signs are spotted.

Do you have any stats on what percentage of children that harm animals go on to harm adults? Or are you just working backwards from "most serial killers harmed animals first."? If it is the latter, do you also vote to remove bed wetters from the world? That is also extremely common among serial killers, I understand.

[llewtrah]

Originally Posted by geminilee

Do you have any stats on what percentage of children that harm animals go on to harm adults? Or are you just working backwards from "most serial killers harmed animals first."? If it is the latter, do you also vote to remove bed wetters from the world? That is also extremely common among serial killers, I understand.

There was a whole article published on the topic a while back in Cat Fancy. There are stats and studies correlating animal abuse to human abuse.

[geminilee]

Yes, there are many stats about the percentage of human abusers that first abused animals. What there aren't, or at least I have never come across any, are stats about the percentage of people who abuse animals as children that then go on to abuse humans. For one thing, that would require much more elaborate records than are currently kept, and much better reporting than is done.

I am not saying the kids are not twisted and in need of help. They are. But you can not just extrapolate backwards from the stats available and say they are likely to abuse humans later.

[llewtrah]

Originally Posted by geminilee

I am not saying the kids are not twisted and in need of help. They are. But you can not just extrapolate backwards from the stats available and say they are likely to abuse humans later.

I'd say there are already enough signs that they have no regard for life. Those with no regard for life will continue to abuse others, either animal or human. I don't see that those with such tendencies have any place in society or the gene pool and I advocate their removal at the earliest possible opportunity. Why waste valuable resources in keeping them in jail?

[lord_feldon]

Originally Posted by llewtrah

Those with no regard for life will continue to abuse others, either animal or human.

Cite that 100% of people with "no regard for life" will continue to abuse? You're greatly conflating "is more likely to" and "will." A whole lot.

Originally Posted by llewtrah

I don't see that those with such tendencies have any place in society or the gene pool and I advocate their removal at the earliest possible opportunity. Why waste valuable resources in keeping them in jail?

Because there's no choice other than slaughtering them, which is usually held to be bad in societies that don't have a vengeance system instead of a justice system. You would really take someone's life because they killed a cat in a microwave? Seriously?

That's no better than people who advocate sodomizing someone with a wrench as valid "justice" for an alleged rapist.

Also, you apparently have no regard for life, as you want to kill human beings.