[Bubba_Leroy]

At the risk of bringing down the rath of PETA, I really don't care about the kitten. The issue is what he did to the little girl. If someone did that to my daughter I would beat the crap out of him.

[Bogey78O]

This man is sick. Just plain sick.

[Pookie Me]

The kitten is only a kitten, soft and fluffy, nothing more.

But by doing so in front of a child is defenseless. I have no idea why they didn't charge him for this activity:

He threatened to harm the girl if she told her mother, who was in the shower.

Misguided enforcement of the law, I thinks.

Pookie & ME

[Skooz]

At the risk of bringing down the wrath of mindless idiots who get orgasms watching animals suffer, I DO care about the kitten, as well as the poor little child who had to watch this.

I truly wish he were my neighbor. I would do to him exactly what he did to the kitten. Every day. For months.

[Hildy]

30 days? Outrageous. I hope the mother gets a restraining order.

[Gemflint]

I'm not too far from Licking County. I should probably pay that bastard a visit.

It's NOT about PETA, it's about torturing an innocent being. The animal may NOT be sentient, but it can STILL FEEL PAIN. The kitten was just a baby - it didn't deserve to be treated like that. I hope someone beats some sense into bastard...

Anyone who supports this kind of treatment towards animals - e-mail me. I will kick your butt!

[rastus macgill]

I'm as far from an animal rightist as they come but I'd deliver a butt whoopin' over the kitten.If that was my child or any child in my extended family He'd wish he went out as easily as the feline.

[germanicus]

Whether you care about animals or not, we should all be concerned with people that would be this cruel to the little girl AND the kitten. This type of violence is often symptomatic of a psyco ready to physically hurt people.

[TheDon]

"He threatened to harm the girl if she told her mother, who was in the shower."

I think the mother showed poor judgement, in choice of "friends", and in leaving a 4 year old alone in a "friends" company. If he was drunk, so much the worse for "mommy's" judgement. She didn't have to create an environment where this could happen. She is most likely lucky that much worse was not done to the little girl and herself.

[Bella_Bru]

And they call the all the people in this country "civilized".

[Godel]

Its not just about the kitten, the mindset of a person who would commit such an act of cruelty, both to the kitten and to the child is a serious problem. I dont think 30 days comes close to being an adequate punishment. It should be more like 6 months or 1 year minimum.

[Bella_Bru]

He burned the cat's paws on a stove burner, then slammed it on the floor

As someone who has cats, dogs, tortoises, and, birds, I'd like to line up to hold this jerk's hands on a hot burner and them slam him on the floor.

[PhilDragoo]

Jeffrey Dahmer alert.

Dahmer began with cruelty to animals.

The perp intended to terrify the girl.

The perp is on a sliding scale of increased tolerance and will require more sadism.

Someone needs to end the perp's existence--

Polly Klaus was killed by a "reformed" child rapist.

[hometoroost]

"At the risk of bringing down the rath of PETA, I really don't care about the kitten. The issue is what he did to the little girl. If someone did that to my daughter I would beat the crap out of him."

I like to hunt, I love to eat red meat, I have no problem wearing leather shoes and belts, and I don't mind fishing either. So, this isn't coming from PETA. Animals deserve humane treatment - that doesn't mean they have the same rights we do. Also, how one treats animals speaks volumes about the individual in question. You should care about the kitten cause anybody that would do something that viscious to an innocent and defenseless little animal is one majorly sick b$st$rd. If he did that to my cat or my dog in front of my kid, we wouldn't have to worry about him doing it to anything else.

This is the kind of whack job who kills for the thrill and needs to be put away before he graduates from kittens to four year olds.

[farmfriend]

A friend of mine told me that they had a litter of kittens when she was young and her sisters kept letting them in the house against her mothers wishes. The last time they did it, their mother scooped up the five kittens and threw them in the wood stove. Makes me sick just to think about it agian.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Please, think of the kittens.

[GOPJ]

The real violence was done to the child. The "mother" should be put in jail for allowing a nutcase to be with her four year old.

The next time we hear about the creep will be when he's taken in for killing a child. Put his name, picture, and history on the Internet and warn all the bimbo's with children.

Flash to bimbos: your job is to protect your children. We don't believe your excuses.

[Mr. Mojo]

Threatening to hurt the little girl should've sent this creep to prison for far more than 30 days.

[Jonathon Spectre]

"Hey, there, Fred. I just wanted to let you know I'm real sorry about all that mess with the kitten and my daughter. I know it was a real strain on you and all. I just dropped by to try and make amends. Brought you a pound cake, as a matter of fact. My wife's finest. Why don't you have a slice? Nah, had some at the house, but you go ahead and eat up. What's that? Tastes funny? Oh, that's just the vanilla extract, My wife gets it from a friend in Mexico, it's purer vanilla than they sell here, it's a little strong. Go on, eat up now, she doesn't make that cake for just anybody. Only a special person like yourself."

[Britton J Wingfield]

The child is far more important than the kitten, but he deserves a severe asskicking for the kitten as well. God help anyone who pulls this kind of crap in my vicinity.

What was the mother leaving her daughter with this drunken loser for, anyway? Even if she was only in the shower, that's a heinous lapse in parental responsibility.

[ambrose]

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