A puppy is NOT a football!!!

[LyLMyssChaos]

Yahoo News Story (http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060226/480/wxs10302260437)

The puppy that two teenagers allegedly were using as a football died Saturday morning, Feb. 25, 2006, according to Jamie Petsitis, a spokeswoman at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital.

[ivansbabe]

That is horrible. It's stories like these that make me really hate most people.

[hockeybrat]

Poor puppy :(

I sometimes really hate people.

[sparkle&shine]

I knew I shouldn't have opened this....:(

I just got done reading about a woman that stabbed her dog...

[Jamo]

Actually, I read in The Denver Post yesterday that the woman who reportedly stopped the kids and then brought the puppy to the hospital was the one who, in fact, had abused it and made up the story. They found many animals in really bad shape in her home.

What a sad story.

[Belm]

That poor puppy.

[mb1197]

Absolutely disgusting! That poop little puppy.:(

[LyLMyssChaos]

Actually, I read in The Denver Post yesterday that the woman who reportedly stopped the kids and then brought the puppy to the hospital was the one who, in fact, had abused it and made up the story. They found many animals in really bad shape in her home.

What a sad story.

Oh my goodness!! You have got to be kidding!! That is even more insane than what I thought the story was!! :eek: :mad:

[AlisonCO]

OMG - that is SO awful. We had a puppy come into the rescue I volunteer with several years ago. Some teenage boys had thrown it off the roof and then tried to play catch with it. It survived and found a wonderful new home with an older couple who travel alot in an RV. The teenage boys got 30 hours of community service:(

[artist]

That is horrible! Makes me sick. It bothers me that people like that even exist. Yuck. I would love for people like to be locked up forever with the key thrown away.

[JamBray]

What the f**k is WRONG with people? You have this tiny little thing only to abuse it? I just don't get it. :(

[Scooter]

It's just disgusting what people will do to animals. A few years back a tiny little pit bull puppy was brought to a local shelter here. TINY. She had been kicked around & was sick & unable to stand. My parents decided to volunteer to foster her and we all helped nurse her back to health. I just remember she was so unwell she couldn't even retain body heat and had to be wrapped in a baby blanket & carried around. Within a couple months she was the healthiest, most loving, sweetest puppy! And she was adopted out to a responsible loving couple.

That was just one animal, but I have so much respect for people who do that kind of work on a regular basis. I hope that woman's other pets are lucky enough to get that same kind of care from someone in her area, so they can have a better life than she's given them. :(

[December27JJB]

How awful. People who do that are really messed up.

[gayle]

People who torture or kill animals ought to have to face the same legal penalties as those who torture or kill a human being.

This is beyond disgusting and I hope the perpetrators face a LONG jail sentence at the very least.

[jp'swife]

People who torture or kill animals ought to have to face the same legal penalties as those who torture or kill a human being.


Oh hell yeah!!

Hey, isn't there a coorelation between someone who tortures, kills, maims, etc an animal and then later on doing the same to human beings? I thought I read that somewhere.
Like Jeffrey Dahmer, and I'm sure a million other gross humans.

[Asha]

Hey, isn't there a coorelation between someone who tortures, kills, maims, etc an animal and then later on doing the same to human beings?

yes, there is.

there was a young student in our school who dismembered and distributed the parts of the class's pet caterpillar inside the desks of different classmates. he had other serious issues as well, and it was sad that it took over 3 years to get that child into a special school bc his mother was in total denial that he had a serious problem.

[gayle]

Oh hell yeah!!

Hey, isn't there a coorelation between someone who tortures, kills, maims, etc an animal and then later on doing the same to human beings? I thought I read that somewhere.
Like Jeffrey Dahmer, and I'm sure a million other gross humans.

Oh I absolutely believe there is a correlation.

Maybe by heavily punishing animal torturers, and perhaps, getting them some mental help, just a few horrific crimes against humans might be avoided. And also send a clear message that it is not "OK" to torture an animal.

[katmg]

Ugh - this story just gave me cold chills. Sick - there are some seriously SICK people out there.

[jp'swife]

Animal Cruelty and Family Violence: Making the Connection

Pets are part of the family in the majority of American households, where nearly three-quarters of families with school-age children have at least one companion animal. These animals are often treated like members of the family, but if the family is experiencing violence they can become targets as well. Pets are often an important source of comfort and stability to the victims of abuse, particularly children. But abusive family members may threaten, injure, or kill pets, often as a way of threatening or controlling others in the family.

A 1997 survey of 50 of the largest shelters for battered women in the United States found that 85% of women and 63% of children entering shelters discussed incidents of pet abuse in the family. Children who have witnessed domestic violence or who have been the victims of physical or sexual abuse may also become animal abusers themselves, imitating the violence they have seen or experienced. A study conducted in 1995 noted that 32% of the pet-owning victims of domestic abuse reported that one or more of their children had hurt or killed a pet. Similarly, a 1983 study noted that children were reported to be abusive to animals in more than a third of a sample of pet-owning families referred to New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services for suspected child abuse.

It is essential for those who respond to family violence to be alert to this connection. Professionals in domestic violence intervention, law enforcement, child protection, human and veterinary medicine, education, and animal care and control should get to know their counterparts in other professions and work together to establish strategies for a coordinated response to these needs.

In fact, professionals who help families in crisis are increasingly recognizing the role that animals play in the dynamics of family violence. Many law enforcement agencies are training officers who respond to domestic violence calls to be alert for signs that a situation is life-threatening. These include situations where the batterer has threatened suicide, is displaying a firearm, or has hurt or killed a family pet.

In addition, local domestic violence shelters and animal protection organizations have begun partnering to develop "safe havens" for the pets of domestic violence victims because many victims delay leaving the abusive batterer out of fear for their pets' safety. All too often, batterers punish victims for leaving by abusing or killing the pets. Yet, with the help of over 100 safe haven programs currently operating around the United States, many domestic violence victims no longer have to choose between their safety and their pets.

The First Strike® campaign can help in the process of bringing professionals together from a variety of agencies. We facilitate workshops and provide educational materials specifically for various professionals working to prevent family violence. For more information, please call our First Strike toll free line at 1-888-213-0956.
http://www.hsus.org/

[Scooter]

Hey, isn't there a coorelation between someone who tortures, kills, maims, etc an animal and then later on doing the same to human beings? I thought I read that somewhere.
There definitely is a correlation. Torturing, hurting and killing animals is a symptom of what the field of psychology refers to as "antisocial personality disorder." The more extreme examples of that group of people are who we usually call psychopaths.

So while not everyone who does those things become psychopaths, many psychopaths have done those things. If that makes sense.