It is the most consistent record found in law enforcement criminal databases, FBI studies showed.
While I'm not denying any connection to animal torture here ( I agree that it is a component of the "triad" of bedwetting, arson, and animal torture,) I think that the "recent rash of killings by school age children" has much more cause in the medication of these killer children with Ritilin, Prozac, and other class II narcotic drugs for TEACHER DIAGNOSED ADD and ADHD. Almost all of these children were in fact taking some type of antidepressant and/or mind altering drug, which even precludes the children from serving in the armed services later.
(Rant over now!)