How is stabbing a hog a prisonable offence. I guess you have to have the intention of eating the hog when you are done stabbing and cooking it.
I mean what is the difference in stabbing a hog and slitting it's throat to kill it to eat it? Do they say ok it is mindset or what? I don't understand the difference. I understand the difference in mindset but. Did the family of the stabbed pig(if it died) bury it with a funeral or did they eat it?
I guess stabbing a deer would be considered excessively cruel as opposed to a good clean shot or you know some not so clean shots where they get to run around for a while.
I just think people whoudl recognise the difference between man and animal. I also think the punishments should reflect the crime. I.e. kill or hurt a person badly spend the rest of your life in jail or you die. An animal(because they are a source of food) killing should get nothing close to killing of a human. Now if the killing is of someone elses animal then that is different. But still not at the level of jail time(unless they can't pay the value of the animal)
I loved my dogs like crazy but I think if you can't realise your dog/cat is just that and you find your life could not go on without your dog/cat(working dogs are the exception) you need some help. Really, If you can't live without your animal you need help.
If I remember correctly, he did it as an act of revenge against the owner of the hog....plus cruelty to animal.
"An animal(because they are a source of food) killing should get nothing close to killing of a human. Now if the killing is of someone elses animal then that is different. But still not at the level of jail time(unless they can't pay the value of the animal)"
First of all, this guy got 2 years, so it isn't close to killing a human.
Second, if you think a companion animal is only "worth" his monetary value I feel sorry for you - you've obviously never had a pet who was a true member of the family.
Pets become part of the family. Also, no animal deserves to be tortured. People who maim, torture, or kill animals for fun deserve to be punished to the full extent of the law. It has been shown that these people don't stop with animals. They go on to humans next.
Oh, and if anyone harms one of my pets, he better expect to be punished, and punished good!