You want this guy to go to jail for a few years and to be raped because he let his dog kill a rabbit? Seems a bit draconian, don’t ya think BigD? People have been hunting rabbits with dogs, hawks, and falcons for many centuries. We shoot them, we trap them, we eat them and we wear their fur because they’re rabbits and that’s what they’re for. I think this guy got a raw deal and, had he a better lawyer, we never would have heard a word about it.
I’m not a fan of PETA types but my feeling is the man hurt the girls in some way. Dogs do kill rabbits but it seems the man was interested more in distressing the children.
I don’t know what catagory of crime that would fall under, but it is wrong to terrify children purposely.
I dont excuse evil.
I have no problem at all with hunting and eating rabbits - I've done it many times in appropriate areas. This is entirely different. This was a city park, in front of children who were there to watch the bunnies, and it sounds like it was done out of general creepiness and not out of a desire for stew. Sorry, but because of the context he'll get no sympathy from me.
It’s easy to confuse this story as being about a dog and a rabbit. It’s not.
It’s about a grown man intentionally trying to freak out some kids at a park.
Is the penalty too much? Probably, as it was a wild not a pet rabbit.
Luckily, for many of us, it’s not a crime to be a complete and total jackhole.