Man who fed puppy to boa gets 90 days in jail

MSNBC ^ | June 14, 2007 | AP

[WriteOn]

Sorry, if he didn’t steal the puppy I don’t know why it matters...

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

The dog and cat have a ‘special relationship’ with man. I have owned dogs all my life and they have been well treated. Yet I have no feelings against dog, cock or bull fights. I would not send a man to jail if he arranged such fights. In short I guess I have mixed feelings with regard to jailing people for animal cruelty charges. This case does seem a little gross due to the ‘special relationship;’ more inappropriate than criminal are the terms I’m looking for.

[festus]

So its now crimminal to feed your boa ?

I see no difference in feeding a rat, chicken, liberal to a boa and feeding a puppy to a boa.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Mice, rats, moles, voles, snakes, lizards, opossums and basically anything that can not be classed as cute, harmless or otherwise inoffensive.

But definitely not babies.

Does that clarify my position?

[familyop]

"One man's pet is another man's pot roast."

...so true!




Vietnamese women sell roast dog at a streetcorner market
in Hanoi in this January 5, 2006 file photo. [Reuters]

[null and void]

I still regard a dog as man’s best friend.

Dogs should be treated accordingly...

møøslimbs regard them as unclean animals, beneath contempt.

[TheDon]

Man who fed puppy to boa gets 90 days in jail

Why?

[pissant]

Would he have been arrested for feeding the snake to his dog?

[oursacredhonor]

Touch my dog and we’d have a big problem, but if you want to feed your puppies to your snake, that’s your business.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[djf]

AFAIK, most snakes won’t eat something that’s already dead.
They need it live and kicking so they can work it down their throat and not have any broken bones or whatever.

[familyop]

British performance artist Mark McGowan eats a piece of Corgi
dog in a busy street in London...Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's
favourite animal (AP Photo / Yui Mok, pa)

[familyop]

Dogs are scarce in Abuja because
many now eat dog meat openly (BBC)

[RDTF]

OMG

[middie]

He did that stupid trick knowing he’s end up in Joe Arpio’s jail? His time should have included a sentence for abject stupidity. That crazy-ass sheriff has the right idea of incarceration as a deterrent for repeating a crime in Maricopa County. He violates every jail standard enacted by the national council for that sort of stuff according to a young criminal lawyer in our building; to which I say: bravo.

[philetus]

In other news, local animal shelters killed thousands of cute cuddly puppies and kittens and not one of them was prosecuted.”

I don’t hear any of the “lets kill the guy” people complaining about the pound killing puppies.

[RDTF]

I really wish you hadn’t posted that pic.

[dragnet2]

Glad I don’t live in this guys Phoenix neighborhood. I wouldn’t want to turn my back on him.

[dragnet2]

One man's pet is another man's pot roast.

Not quiet, those people will eat anything with legs except a table.

[wgflyer]

Yes, and we definitely concur on the babies.

For the other, I’m not sure why “cute” disqualifies a small critter from being part of the food chain...harmless, inoffensive or otherwise. For example, there is great sentiment out in California to protect the cougars who very much consider puppies and other pets as lunch, not to mention the occasional jogger. Yet you go to jail for shooting one. Puppies, by implication, are the preferred sacrifice.

People are a funny lot.