Kitten Killer charged !!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7898150/


I am sooo glad I didn't have to go vigilante on this one. I'm too cute for prison.

Hope he gets some Texas Justice brought down on his a**!

 

LOL. :mrgreen:

 

Just one count!? I thought it was one count for every animal you abuse/kill.
And...He's 62! Jesus I thought age was wisdom but I guess someone missed that bus.
But Im still glad they caught him and he's getting his sorry butt thrown in jail

 

all of a sudden that $45,000 that the woman in Seattle was awarded is looking pretty good. Maybe the state can fine him as much. Strange the effect on ones pocketbook does to put the fear of God into people...

 

Long post alert !

I just looked up felony animal cruelty ... according to:

http://www.api4animals.org/47.htm

Here is the law in Texas (I underlined his charge) :

TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 42.09 et seq. -- last amended 2001

Definition of Animal: A domesticated living creature and wild living creature previously captured.

Statute Summary: A person commits the crime of cruelty to animals if the person:

Intentionally or knowingly tortures or seriously overworks, or fails unreasonably to provide necessary food, care or shelter, or abandons, or transports in a cruel manner, or kills, injures or administers poison, or uses as bait in a race, or trips a horse.

Fails to provide food, care, shelter; abandons animal; transports or confines animal in cruel manner; injures an animal; or seriously overworks an animal.

Class A Misdemeanor
Fine up to $4000.
Imprisonment up to 1 year.

3rd offense of fails to provide food, care, shelter; abandons animal; transports or confines animal in cruel manner; injures an animal; or seriously overworks an animal.
State Jail Felony
Fine up to $10,000.
180 days to 2 years imprisonment.

Tortures; kills, seriously injures, or administers poison; causes an animal to fight; uses animal to lure; or trips an animal.
State Jail Felony.
Fine up to $10,000.
180 days to 2 years imprisonment.

3rd offense of Tortures; kills, seriously injures, or administers poison; causes an animal to fight; uses animal to lure; or trips an animal.
Felony of the Third Degree.
Fine up to $10,000.
2 years to 10 years.
Forfeiture of Animal/Seizure: Neither

Other Sentencing Provisions: Counseling.

Exemptions: Property protection, research, fishing, hunting, trapping, wildlife control, animal husbandry.