The Sphere
General Garbage => Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits => Topic started by: Bernie AKA on Aug 12, 2004, 04:01:30 PM
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I was looking for a site to contribute to the reward offered in Sacramento for the butt dripping who doused a kitten with lighter fluid & set it on fire, but found this instead
Liberty, Mo. — Clay County authorities have dismissed a criminal charge against a Liberty man accused of burning a kitten in a barbecue grill.
Charles C. Benoit, 24, had been charged with animal abuse for allegedly placing the 7-week-old kitten in burning coals of a grill at his apartment complex.
Another resident of the complex saved the kitten, which later was euthanized when a veterinarian determined the animal had a congenital malformation of its chest.
Benoit had pleaded innocent to the felony charge, and his trial had been scheduled to begin Monday.
Clay County Prosecutor Don Norris said a witness on Friday was unable to recall key aspects of the case during a deposition session.
"Our eyewitness said she has no memory of any occurrence with a cat at her apartment complex that night," Norris said. "Additionally, medical testimony indicated that while the 7-week-old kitten had been exposed to a heat source, it did not appear injured."
Benoit remained in the Clay County Jail on Friday because of outstanding warrants from other jurisdictions.
Norris said his office was "frustrated with our inability to prosecute someone for this outrageous crime. I am very disappointed because a significant amount of resources had been expended in this case."
Although the kitten's whiskers had been burned off, there was no evidence the cat had been scorched, according to the veterinarian who examined the animal after the incident.
Benoit lived at an apartment complex where another resident, Sherry Scott, told authorities in July that 10 or 12 people had been barbecuing on a grill in the complex's courtyard and that someone had shoved a stray kitten into the coals.
Scott said she pulled the cat, whom she named Lucky, out of the grill. Scott and another resident tried to nurse the kitten back to health by feeding it milk with an eye dropper, but the animal could not swallow.
News reports of the incident sparked widespread response from organizations, including the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The animal rights group offered a $1,000 reward for information about the incident.
Martin Mersereau, a cruelty caseworker for the organization, said Friday he was concerned about the decision to dismiss the charge.
"We have a ... burned kitten and a witness who has received death threats," Mersereau said. "If they can't make a case against ... whoever did this, the community has a lot to worry about. Statistically, these cowards will eventually move on to people."
I would have shoved that pinworm's face down on the grill or picked it up and slammed it into his head and proudly worn the burn scars for life. My ex found someone abusing a cat once, got him in a headlock and slowly pulled his dangly earring down through the lobe. Whatever happened between us, I will always love and respect him for that.
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What if after this guy dies he is given a second chance at life to make up for what he did but he comes back as the kitten he killed.
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my friend found(like 2 weeks ago) 4 kittens in the door of his house. he took one, a girl, and named her Cujo :D
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Ohh, I hate that. If you can't get to him, Bernie, can I burn him for you? >|
Some little brats a few houses down were picking up a pregnant cat by the neck and just holding her like that. I told them to stop and smacked them when they didn't, and their mom came out of the house and screamed at me for hitting their kids. I told her what they were doing, and she just said "My kids are angels, they'd never do that!" Ugh. They moved away soon after, thank god.
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Man, the things I'd do to someone abusing an animal in my presence are too......what's a good word....Profane to be listed on this board.
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Man, the things I'd do to someone abusing an animal in my presence are too......what's a good word....Profane to be listed on this board.
god damn that must be pretty bad...if it's too profane for this board.
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Buddy. You got no idea.
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Evil fuckers.
In other news, I just rescued a hurt orphan kitten and named him Spectre.
He's currently living in my kitchen and hiding in/under anything and everything.
He's shy.
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Buddy. You got no idea.
PM me, I wanna throw up tommorow so I don't have to go to work.
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Evil fuckers.
In other news, I just rescued a hurt orphan kitten and named him Spectre.
He's currently living in my kitchen and hiding in/under anything and everything.
He's shy.
My momma kitty was like that, she wouldn't come out from behind the stove for a couple days after I brought he home. Try putting some milk or cat treats out with Spectre's food and be really nice to him, and he should warm up to you.
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I remember when we got Ashley the Mother, as we've come to call her since she had birthed most of the cats we had.
My Dad found her at the Refinery he used to work at and brought her home. Maaaaan.....She was a feral one. We had to keep her in a cage for a while and let her get used to us. Once she calmed down a bit? ...She was one sweet cat.
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Poor kitten. Supposedly someone here had tried to give the Humane Society a kitten and they said they couldn't take it. Then later, someone threw a kitten out of a moving vehicle. Someone from the Society rescued the kitten but it went into a coma and died. The question posed was why bother to save this kitten? If it was in fact the same kitten, they didn't have room for it anyway. Seeing how injured it was, why didn't they euthanize him? His life would've been saved if they had taken him before. I'm not trying to justify the cruelty done, but why save the kitten in a condition like that when you couldn't save it and give it a chance earlier. The cat and dog problem in San Antonio is so frustrating. So many people can't be bothered to spay or neuter their cats.
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Dood, we should buy a van and drive around picking up dogs and cats from peoples yards and fixin' 'em for free.
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A guy in Detroit tried to declaw a kitten, and ended up cutting his toes off. It was on all the news channels. They never caught the guy, but they did fix up the kitten and it has new feet as well as a home now.
Nuri, you think it's bad down there, it's worse up here. Animal Planet has a spinoff or something of Animal Precinct called Animal Precinct: Detroit because of all the animal cruelity up here.
And I'd have a list several pages long of all the reasons I want to kill everyone, most of them not related to animals.