[B Knotts]

"You can't intentionally harm an animal," said Daytona Beach Animal Control officer Melody Baum.

Really?

So, you can't kill an ant? Or slaughter a cow?

I think this person needs to choose her words a bit more carefully.

[TopQuark]

I think this person needs to choose her words a bit more carefully.

Not really: there is such a thing as a context, and there is such a thing in newspapers as plucking out a sentence from the someones speech.

You should be aware of both before you give lessons on how others should choose words.

[aruanan]

I think this person needs to choose her words a bit more carefully.

Well, what do you expect from someone in a Barney Fife category of job?