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Animal Cruelty Cases: What's the Right Punishment?
Recent reports about kittens in a freezer and a dog who took an ax to the face have the Tampa Bay area buzzing about animal cruelty laws. What's your take?
Two high profile incidents of animal abuse have sparked a strong reaction from Patch readers and community members about what should happen to those found guilty of animal cruelty. In St. Petersburg, a man was accused of wrapping four kittens in sandwich bags and sticking them in his freezer. Three of the kittens are recovering in Largo, while the fourth didn't survive. And in Bradenton, a dog was found last month walking through a neighborhood after taking an ax or machete to the head and face. Local animal services officials called it the worst case of animal cruelty they had seen out of "hundreds of cases a year." The pit bull mix, named Axel, is doing well, and several rewards have been offered to help find his attacker, including $10,…
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Danielle Fernandez
6:58 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
This is just beyond heart breaking,people get a slap on the hand for what they do to the animals it crazy,if you dont like animals, fine dont have them, dont hurt them. They should most definitely do jail time and have a huge fine and donate it to the a.s.p.c.a. They should be charged as if it were a human that they were convicting the crime against. I hope the law changes very soon it breaks my … more ›