Posted on 05/13/2015 3:34:47 PM PDT by Huntress
Update: Police have now said the boy who will be charged with the dog beating death is 10-years-old, not 11.
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) Residents in one Fort Worth neighborhood are shocked after Cookie, a Cavalier mix, was allegedly beaten to death.
Police said an 11-year-old boy chased Cookie out of the pets back yard with a stick, eventually cornering him on a porch then killing him.
According to the Cookies owner of five years, Jennifer Knittel, a concerned neighbor was key in figuring out what happened to the dog. Knittel said while she wasnt home, a neighbor driving by noticed something strange.
She saw my two dogs hiding under a pickup next door with a kid, an 11-year-old kid, kicking at them, trying to get them to come out from underneath the car, she said.
Knittel said the witness felt like she should drive back around and question the boy.
She said, Did you hurt that dog? And he said, No, its sleeping,' she said.
Ultimately, a blow to the head killed Cookie, cracking his skull and severing his spine.
The boy told police the dog attacked him.
Knittel said the witness told her Cookie didnt provoke the brutal attack.
I dont think weve ever heard cookie even growl. So for someone to attack Cookie it doesnt make any sense to me, she said. My dog was not aggressive. The little boy has no scratches or marks of any kind on him.
CBS 11 tried to speak with the parents of the boy the witness said was involved, but a man inside the childs house refused to speak.
I just want justice for Cookie, Knittel said.
The family is working with a private investigator to get justice and police said felony charges are expected to be filed against the boy.
And probably's been enjoying disability checks ever since.
Not sure
He became a drunk and went to prison for forging scripts
I’m gonna check obits
Beat the hell out of the kid in a similar way.
Good evening, Sir Scoldaway
Mussie?
Should have just shot the dog.
I tend to think it’s more emotion for the sake and fate of the dog. But your point is well taken.
Or cop”
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Huh ????
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My first thought too...
Thank you for taking the point. We’re supposed to be the civilized people.
Quite possibly. Not all children/youth that abuse and kill animals grow up to become serial killers, but most serial killers started by killing animals.
I can’t believe the post I’m reading here about the vile punishment you people want to impose on a 10 year old boy for killing a dog. You people sound sicker then this kid does. Every year millions of animals are purposely killed buy slaughter houses, hunters, & trappers, and dogs are just animals like any other. but you want to destroy the life of a human child because he killed one dog! You might want to think about that kid next time you have a veal cutlet or lamb chop.
Human beings cannot fix that sort of evil. There is One that can. I would bet that kid’s family don’t speak with any frequency to The Almighty.
agree
“Why are police shooting so many family dogs?”
I wasn’t aware that they were.
What are the stats on that??????????
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The claim is one every 98 minutes. That would be over 14 per day. Now that may be overstating the case, in fact it probably is and some of the killings are undoubtedly justified. But if even a quarter of them are not that is still a bunch of dogs being killed by police for little or no reason.
Thanks for the info.
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