-=> Quoting Ross Sauer to Miss Kitty <=-
 -=> Quoting Miss Kitty to Ross Sauer <=-
 -> On "Dateline NBC" tonight, (12-23-97) they did a brief piece
 -> on the Iowa cat-killers, and the others involved.
 -> What made me sick to my stomach was the reactions of one of the
 -> brat's family members. The father said, "we don't deserve all this,
 -> the death threats and all," (awwwww. Too bad.) and a brother of one
 -> of the murderers had a "so what, it's just a cat" attitude. No
 -> wonder the bastard didn't care what he was doing. Apparently these
 -> brats weren't taught that what they did was wrong.
 MK>
 MK> What Dateline failed to mention was that when the workers
 MK> went into the kennel, there was blood and carnage everywhere,
 MK> and these people saw their FRIENDS smashed to bits! These
 MK> weren't "just cats" to them, they were their friends....
    It's not just that either.  Go back in the history of any serial killer
    or other really violent and repugnant felon, and you'll see that most of
    it started out with severe cruelty to animals.
    Seeing that the courts and the police know this, it seems that an act
    like this would be taken very seriously, especially when committed by a
    kid.  IMHO institutionalization and counselling are needed.
    If that doesn't work, THEN a few quick swats upside the head with a
    Louisville Slugger oughta do the trick.
    
Steve Hill, Oklahoma, USA
E-mail = srh260@juno.com
... My cat walks all over me (figuratively and literally)!
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