Posted on 03/10/2011 2:36:47 PM PST by decimon
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – A U.S. teenager has been charged with a felony, and could face a two-year prison sentence if convicted, for killing her family's pet hamster, authorities said.
Monique Smith, 19, of Brooklyn was arguing with a family member in June when she reached for the hamster, choked it and threw it outside the house, police said on Wednesday.
She was arrested following an investigation after Smith's father contacted the America Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, according to the society's assistant director Joe Pentangelo.
Smith is charged with one felony count of aggravated cruelty to animals.
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:-(
Are they serious!
Is she a cop? Did she shoot a dog unnecessarily? Oh, a rodent. That’s a jail’in
Good.
Animal cruelty should be a major felony.
I hope she serves every second of those two years.
So what is the sentence for killing a rat?
Absolutely.
This sort of thing has to be discouraged.
Make an example of her.
But it’s just peachy to slice and dice an unborn child in the womb.
Amazing.
I kill rodents any chance I get.
Glad someone in NY is showing more concern for a f’n rodent than for a human fetus. /s
If she had it neutered then she released it should not she be credited with doing the right thing? Just another “TNR”!
The story has changed since the last rendition. Last time, Mo-nique just threw it on the floor. Now Mo-nique choked it too?
“She was arrested following an investigation after Smith’s father contacted the America Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, according to the society’s assistant director Joe Pentangelo. “
Some dad.
And how many human murders were there in NY City this year?
Coronor's report?
I think I ate a hamster while deployed to some third world cesspool.
I killed a couple of steers on my property last year. No, wait, the butcher did. I’m sure he’s serving a long term.
Duckie and Abbie!
I stepped on a cockroach once.
I drowned a mouse once.
Should I turn myself in?
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