Cruelty Towards Defencless Animals

Max Power

What the hell is wrong with people?

Just browsing TheJournal.ie and I come across a story about a Lurcher pup that had his throat slashed in Portlaoise yesterday. http://www.thejournal.ie/puppy-throat-slashed-742050-Jan2013/?utm_source=shortlink

It boils my blood to hear of stories like this. The scumbags that done this will more than likely never be punished for this.

I despair sometimes thinking that these kind of people are walking around the streets.

Some Yoke

Animal abusers.. Blood boiling stuff. Find it hard even to get people who dont like animals too, except with allergies and that but it really makes a bad impression to me. How can you not like friendly furry things??

Squaredude

Even if they do get punished for it, it'll be nothing more than a slap on the wrists and told not to do it again.Lengthy jail terms should be handed out to anyone who abuses animals.They're truly sick individuals.

Mrs Garth Brooks

I'd do the same thing to the person who did that to the poor little puppy. The only difference this person would die very very slowly and il make sure no one finds that cnut wedged between two walls. He'll never get his head out and see the light of day again. The stupid scummy little basterds.

Death and Taxes

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I'd do the same thing to the person who did that to the poor little puppy. The only difference this person would die very very slowly and il make sure no one finds that cnut wedged between two walls. He'll never get his head out and see the light of day again. The stupid scummy little basterds.

Somewhat ott!

mikom

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

il make sure no one finds that cnut wedged between two walls.

Steve and Joe?

Hippies!

Sick. Sounds like the work of a future serial killer in the making. Life in prison if caught I say. No chance of rehabilitation at this stage.

Rasheed

There is nothing that upsets me more than defensiveness animals being hurt or abused.

There is something truly wrong with a person that can harm an animal for fun and no punishment is harsh enough.

It wasn't me!

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I'd do the same thing to the person who did that to the poor little puppy. The only difference this person would die very very slowly and il make sure no one finds that cnut wedged between two walls. He'll never get his head out and see the light of day again. The stupid scummy little basterds.

Yeah, animal abuse is wrong, but the people who fantasise about doing this shít to other human beings in retaliation are also fcuked up.

mikom

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Cruelty Towards Defencless Animals

Rasheed wrote: »

There is nothing that upsets me more than defensiveness animals being hurt or abused.

Argggh............

Mrs Garth Brooks

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Somewhat ott!

No, its not.

Prison is too good for that yoke of a human. I'd gladly go to prison so this piece of crap can die very very slowly. Did the person not care about the pup when he was crying out in pain? No, kept it up. I certainly dont care about this scum.

mikom

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I'd do the same thing to the person who did that to the poor little puppy. The only difference this person would die very very slowly and il make sure no one finds that cnut wedged between two walls. He'll never get his head out and see the light of day again. The stupid scummy little basterds.

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

No, its not.

Prison is too good for that yoke of a human. I'd gladly go to prison so this piece of crap can die very very slowly. Did the person not care about the pup when he was crying out in pain? No, kept it up. I certainly dont care about this scum.

So if this "scum" had a 5 year old daughter you would still plough ahead and do the following... "this person would die very very slowly and il make sure no one finds that cnut wedged between two walls. He'll never get his head out and see the light of day again"?
All over a Lurcher pup.

Death and Taxes

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

No, its not.

Prison is too good for that yoke of a human. I'd gladly go to prison so this piece of crap can die very very slowly. Did the person not care about the pup when he was crying out in pain? No, kept it up. I certainly dont care about this scum.

I would say you have serious issues. What happened was shocking, what you are advocating is 1,000,000 times worse.

Gingernuts31

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

No, its not.

Prison is too good for that yoke of a human. I'd gladly go to prison so this piece of crap can die very very slowly. Did the person not care about the pup when he was crying out in pain? No, kept it up. I certainly dont care about this scum.

I'm with u on this 1. As an ex member of an SPCA I have had my fair share of pups and dogs here. People who hurt animals need to be hurt or worse themselves and id only too gladly take a bar to their crotch and make sure they can't see straight if caught. It's true jail is no good for this type of scum. There is little law ion place to deter people from doing this. Someone who picks on someone or something defenceless is the lowest piece of sh!t that walks this earth.

I smell bad!!!

Probably some hunting lads dog that wasn't making the grade and they decided to get rid.

Canard

I don't really know why people act like it's so much worse to hurt a human than an animal. Normal people don't go around murdering humans, and normal people don't murder animals either. You can't excuse either, and I don't think animal cruelty cases are ever pursued enough...it's well-known that serial killers start on animals, so why wait til they get to a human to punish them?

Gingernuts31

WileyCoyote wrote: »

I would say you have serious issues. What happened was shocking, what you are advocating is 1,000,000 times worse.

At least the person being given the beating can defend themselves or at least try too. What can a puppy do? Cut their crotch open, see how much they scream and no I don't have issues I just hate people who hurt something/someone who can't fight back. Like the scum who beat the 96 y/o woman in Donegal to steal her handbag in her home, should they be let off because someone wants to make them die a horrible death for what they did? Hurting an animal or person is no different in my view. For me it would be easier to see a human die than an animal. I love animals more than humans. Animals are loving an loyal and will never do you wrong.

Hippies!

I smell bad!!! wrote: »

Probably some hunting lads dog that wasn't making the grade and they decided to get rid.

Bullsh*t

Mrs Garth Brooks

I cant imagine the pain that poor puppy went through. Also leaving a rescue with expensive vet bills to fix him. Im in tears and I hope they find the person who did this. He shouldn't be walking the streets.

Histie

Would it be perverse of me to point out that thousands of defenceless animals are killed every hour for the non-essential human desire to eat their flesh?
It's true that the apparent pointlessness of this incident makes it more shocking, but presumably whoever killed the puppy had a certain satisfaction from slitting its throat. Even if we deem that socially unacceptable, why should killing an animal for that pleasure be morally worse than killing an animalfor the pleasure of eating its flesh? After all, that pleasure is just as superfluous.

mikom

Patchy~ wrote: »

I don't really know why people act like it's so much worse to hurt a human than an animal.

Gingernuts31 wrote: »

Hurting an animal or person is no different in my view. For me it would be easier to see a human die than an animal. I love animals more than humans.

1 child and 10 puppies in a burning building.
You can only rescue either the child or the 10 puppies.
Which would you choose?

Odysseus

Patchy~ wrote: »

I don't really know why people act like it's so much worse to hurt a human than an animal. Normal people don't go around murdering humans, and normal people don't murder animals either. You can't excuse either, and I don't think animal cruelty cases are ever pursued enough...it's well-known that serial killers start on animals, so why wait til they get to a human to punish them?

It is well know alright, but well know fact or fiction? This comes up everytime such topics are posted. However, such topics seems to come from watching Criminal Minds or CSI, it is more or a myth than a reality.

Canard

mikom wrote: »

1 child and 10 puppies in a burning building.
You can only rescue either the child or the 10 puppies.
Which would you choose?

The child, obviously. What I said was I don't know why people value humans so much more than animals, not "why they value them more at all". If you had a chance to save both and didn't save the child, I don't know why you're so much more demonized than someone who had the chance to save both and didn't save the puppies is what I'm saying. It's a strange double standard.

Odysseus wrote: »

It is well know alright, but well know fact or fiction? This comes up everytime such topics are posted. However, such topics seems to come from watching Criminal Minds or CSI, it is more or a myth than a reality.

True. It's definitely worrying behaviour though, but not much is ever done about it.

John37

THey should be shot for doing this. Sick ****s. Okay shooting them is a bit of extreme bu they should be put away for a lenghty spell

Death and Taxes

Gingernuts31 wrote: »

At least the person being given the beating can defend themselves or at least try too. What can a puppy do? Cut their crotch open, see how much they scream and no I don't have issues I just hate people who hurt something/someone who can't fight back. Like the scum who beat the 96 y/o woman in Donegal to steal her handbag in her home, should they be let off because someone wants to make them die a horrible death for what they did? Hurting an animal or person is no different in my view. For me it would be easier to see a human die than an animal. I love animals more than humans. Animals are loving an loyal and will never do you wrong.

In my opinion the person who thinks these things is a bigger danger to society that the person who killed the dog.
It worries me that people like that are walking around.

Fromthetrees

I deplore this kind of violence...


...but...


...if I was in Korea and was asked to sample some dog and they said it tasted fine I would do it in a shot...


...mmm...


...grilled dog.

Chuck Stone

People who torture and kill defenceless animals for fun should go on some sort of register imo.

Doc Ruby

Poor little creature.

Odysseus

Lets start getting some good animal protection laws first; before we start shooting people. Sure reptiles are not even classed as pets in this country, merely a hobby. Any fool can start up a pet shop no need for training AFAIK, look at all the pupy farms on places like Done deal etc.

There is a lot we can be doing before we start looking to kill people!!

mikom

Chuck Stone wrote: »

People who torture and kill defenceless animals for fun should go on some sort of register imo.

Something like the licences required for salmon and sea trout fishing?

mikom

Edit: Double post........... boards acting up

Odysseus

Chuck Stone wrote: »

People who torture and kill defenceless animals for fun should go on some sort of register imo.

To what end? What use could be made of it?

mikemac1

Ongoing feud?

A quick google search shows lots of newspaper reports of feuding in Portlaoise, articles from 2012, 2011 and 2010

Mam of 4

Am from the town and never heard about this til now.

It's horrendous to think someone would do this and think it's acceptable to do so.

As in any town or city,you'll find a group of young lads that hang around together.Lurchers or greyhounds seem to be their latest accessory, it is here anyway.

I'm not accusing them of being responsible, believe me Im not.
Am just saying there's quite a lot of these dogs here.

Whoever is responsible quite honestly must have no concience or moral guidelines to think this is an ok thing to do.There should be harsher punishments for anyone who does anything like this.

FreeFallin94

Honestly, out of all the types of people in the world, if I could get rid of one, it would be those who abuse and are cruel to animals. It makes me feel sick to my stomach thinking about it to be honest. I just don't understand how a person could intentionally injure or kill an animal (and often in such a violent, disturbing manner). The person who did that to that poor puppy is just a genuinely bad person. It's disgusting

mikom

FreeFallin94 wrote: »

I just don't understand how a person could intentionally injure or kill an animal

*chews rasher*

Bullseye1

Interesting that some posters are more interested in what others have posted than actually condemning the brutality of the actions of those sub humans.

They should be barred from owning any animal in the future as a minimum. Animal cruelty laws in this country are a joke.

Bullseye1

mikom wrote: »

*chews rasher*

Your linking eating of meat to cruelty? Wow.

Death and Taxes

mikom wrote: »

*chews rasher*

*Polishes leather shoes*

mikom

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Your linking eating of meat to cruelty? Wow.

Wow.
Read the quote.

keithclancy

mikom wrote: »

*chews rasher*

Bit different, tbh if you slashed up a pig and jammed it between two brick walls and left it suffer for a number of hours before you slaughtered the outrage would be the same.

Bullseye1

mikom wrote: »

Wow.
Read the quote.

g

I did but its hard to understand what your saying while your talking and chewing on your bacon. Enjoy btw.

stop animal cruelty

Those f***ing scumbag cu#ts, this makes my blood boil. l'll never understand why anyone would want to deliberately harm an innocent defencless animal like this. Their scum Makes me ashamed to be a human. Unfortunately alot of cruelty goes on everyday unknown to the public.

l wish l could get my hands on those cu#ts & show them what cruelty feels like. Anyone who carries out a cruel act like this to an animal or human being for that matter, IMO, deserves a severe pushiment, not a fine or prison, a good hard beating.

Thank god Taylor has another chance in life & hope he finds a loving, caring home. Can't help but think of all the other poor animals out there who are being abused as l type this

mikom

Bullseye1 wrote: »

g

I did but its hard to understand what your saying while your talking and chewing on your bacon. Enjoy btw.

Jelly for dessert.
Mmmm Gelatin.

Liamario

Has any knob end posted that it's only an animal yet?

Jimoslimos

mikom wrote: »

*chews rasher*

WileyCoyote wrote: »

*Polishes leather shoes*

*Puts on fur coat...sans knickers*

stop animal cruelty

Liamario wrote: »

Has any knob end posted that it's only an animal yet?

Well, as a "knob end" I know its "only" about an animal, hence, its in the title

Odysseus

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Interesting that some posters are more interested in what others have posted than actually condemning the brutality of the actions of those sub humans.

They should be barred from owning any animal in the future as a minimum. Animal cruelty laws in this country are a joke.

Well from my point of view, I became involved when the usual myth of animal cruelty equaling a serial killer was mentioned. Such myths can be dangerous and need to be identified.

I also posted about how crap imo the animal protection laws in this country are, especially as my pet is not recognised as one. However, I can't stand over the use of violence some posters are putting forward.

If I seen such an act occurring I would intervene, physically if I had to and it would not bother me. However, it would not give me the right to use inappropriate force, and it certainly would not give me the right to use one of my rifles or my shotgun on the person.

Doc Ruby

Odysseus wrote: »

If I seen such an act occurring I would intervene, physically if I had to and it would not bother me. However, it would not give me the right to use inappropriate force, and it certainly would not give me the right to use one of my rifles or my shotgun on the person.

On the contrary, by intervening you might well put yourself in a position where you would be forced to escalate, making the inappropriate appropriate through your own actions, the oul spectrum of violence once again.

I have a dog, a tan pom; sometimes I swear that creature jumped straight out of a cartoon. Highly intelligent, full of personality and energy, if I found someone messing with it they'd have cause to regret their actions.

But no, post facto the law is there for a reason, so maybe settle down a bit folks.

Odysseus

Doc Ruby wrote: »

On the contrary, by intervening you might well put yourself in a position where you would be forced to escalate, making the inappropriate appropriate through your own actions, the oul spectrum of violence once again.

I have a dog, a tan pom; sometimes I swear that creature jumped straight out of a cartoon. Highly intelligent, full of personality and energy, if I found someone messing with it they'd have cause to regret their actions.

But no, post facto the law is there for a reason, so maybe settle down a bit folks.

Yep, that is possible, but we are in a different game at that stage; however, that is totally different to what some posters are suggesting. As you said the law is there for a reason, we may not always agree with it, but we are supposed to abide by it.

dark crystal

WileyCoyote wrote: »

In my opinion the person who thinks these things is a bigger danger to society that the person who killed the dog.
It worries me that people like that are walking around.

This is utter claptrap. You're seriously saying a person, who would never actually harm another living creature, is a bigger danger than someone who sees nothing wrong in torturing a defenceless animal?

When human beings get angry or upset, it's a perfectly natural reaction to express that anger by concocting an imaginary revenge scenario. 99 times out of 100, they will never actually exact that revenge and you know it.

In my opinion, you should be far more worried about the person who finds it perfectly acceptable to hurt living creatures walking around, than the person who merely expresses anger at such an act.