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A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service in connection with his involvement with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against animals. Garrett Fitzgerald, of Scituate, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to conspiring to create and distribute so-called “animal crush videos.” According to court documents, Fitzgerald conspired with Ronald Bedra, Robert Berndt, and others to direct and send money to individuals in Indonesia, via encrypted chat, to create videos depicting violent torture of baby and adult monkeys. The...

Crush videos are right at your kids finger tips. You will not see a website that offers them in this article because I don't want to encourage kids. That being said, imagine your child getting on one of these videos. What will they see? They will probably see something like a kitten with its head taped to the floor. The camera will zoom in about the time that some woman with high heels runs it through the kitten's head. Now, is it time to monitor your child's activities on the Internet?