19-Year-Old Is Charged in Hamster’s Death (Updated - worse than you thought!)

New York Times ^ | March 9, 2011 | ANDY NEWMAN

[ScottinVA]

Soulless bastards... that s**t makes me sick.

[LADY J]

I guess it's just me, but I have a real problem with anyone who tortures or kills one of God's creatures because of rage. These people need to be seriously dealt with - because the next time, it might be a human being.

There is no reason on earth why anyone should torture or kill - just because they feel like it.

[little jeremiah]

Exactly.

[ScottinVA]

Who gives a rat`s ass?

For starters, those who don`t like seeing pets being killed by acts of wanton violence.

That`s who.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “A necropsy by the animal society’s doctors indicated that Sweetie, an adult female who weighed just under four ounces, died of blunt force trauma and liver damage.” <<

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I bet that beats being slowly squeezed to death by a snake, as most gophers die.

[muawiyah]

I don’t like these people in the story either. So why do you have a problem with the ASPCA arresting people I DO NOT LIKE?

[Reddy]

Sad, disgusting microcosm of what is wrong with this country... 12 children (no mention of a dad in the home) leads to anger issues leads to animal abuse.

[Reddy]

They aren’t arresting people they don’t like... they are arresting people who abuse animals. There ARE laws against animal abuse, you know.

[BobL]

“They aren’t arresting people they don’t like... they are arresting people who abuse animals. There ARE laws against animal abuse, you know.”

I would just prefer that 501(c)(3)’s not have their own police force. That should be a (legitimate) job for government.

[BobL]

You like to stalk me, don’t you.

[muawiyah]

Maybe we pick the same “abusive cops” posts.

[decimon]

...no mention of a dad in the home...

I didn't notice that the father is not mentioned. He is in some other versions of the story. In one version it is the father who called the authorities on the girl. Each news story is a bit different.

[tnlibertarian]

Wait just a minute - the ASPCA has law enforcement people? I wonder if they’re allowed to shoot dogs too?

Yes, but they have to arrest themselves afterwards.

[DTogo]

Theresa Smith, 47, who lives with 10 of her 12 children in the third-floor apartment on Putnam Avenue, said that violence ran in her family. “Thirty-two years ago,” she said, “my brother strangled my sister to death.”

Dang! This woman apparently breeds like a hamster. Is her home a habitrail?

[ApplegateRanch]

Probably smells like a habitrail. ;-)

[Vor Lady]

The ASPCA LEO’s carry guns and everything. Haven’t you ever seen their show on Animal Planet? Scary.

[ReverendJames]

Can’t say that I have. But then, I don’t watch much TV anyway.

[little jeremiah]

Exactly.

[RightFighter]

Put it in Gere!