You better define “mistreat”. I am talking about ‘torturing and killing’, in the context of this article.
I already know where you stand on it. By your own replies to me, you’d let someone come into your house and slaughter your pets, even if you had a gun and could stop them. You’d be a real great steward for animals, much less, your own property.
You’re reading comprehension leaves much to be desired. Any one who follows your advice as to how to treat me and mine when they break into my home may be in for a surprise.
As far as being a good steward, I’ve raised over a quarter million hogs, each and everyone of which was cared for with great care, as my very livelihood depended on their good health. I’ll stack that against anything you’ve done to care for animals.
As to the mistreatment definition, I was the first to raise it, and everyone has been too terrified to answer. And to date, no one has. I raised it because the ultimate penalty raises concerns just far the death penalty will be extended.
For example, a hunter shoots an animal with an arrow which doesn’t kill the animal. The hunter is too tired to follow the animal an put it out of it’s misery, and so it crawls off into the brush and dies a long and painful death.
Do those actions by the hunter qualify for torture and justify the killing of the hunter?