[areafiftyone]

The Inmate was more humane than the prison guard!

[Aliska]

Didn't know whom to address; really mean "whomever" for the reply to. Catechism of the Catholic Church on animals:

Couldn't find it because I was looking in canon law.

p580, #2415 (won't copy it all):

2418. It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly. It is likewise unworthy to spend money on them that should as a priority go to the relief of human misery. One can love animals; one should not direct to them the affection due only to persons.

That makes sense to me.

Our society is so mixed together with people of different cultural backgrounds and upbringing rubbing elbows constantly, that my theory is that people turn to animals for affection because they aren't getting it from anywhere else. In short, most people are lonely, even some of the pillars of society because they have no true friends but their pets.

[Nowhere Man]

Personally, people who are this cruel deserve the same treatment in retribution. Maybe to some, this is a bit harsh, but I often wonder about people like this on how they treat their kids, spouses, etc. Myself, I took in a mother cat and three kittens last year and they are the most loveable dears one can have.

My great uncle was Assistant Warden at West Penn here in Pittsburgh many years ago (1930's/1940's) and many inmates did keep pets. Personally, it is a good idea as long as the prisoner isn't like a scum bag like this guard, maybe teaching them some humanity.

Well, I'm at work so I have to cut this short, but the judge is a lot kinder to this guy then I would have been. B-(

[Williams]

Will the cats sue for reparations? I don't think anyone should mistreat animals, but sentencing someone to a year in jail over this is absurd and wrong. The worst case was when they charged a WWII veteran grandfather in NJ for killing a rat that was escaping from a rat trap. Cute cat picture.