Arrest Made in Cat Mutilations

[JFox1]

An 18-year-old was charged with multiple counts of cruelty to animals after owners found their cats dead and mutiliated in the Miami-Dade County area.

http://www.app.com/article/20090614/NEWS/90614026

If that jerk mutilated my cat, he won't have that big smirk on his face.

 

[targus]

Many sociopaths start with animal cruelty and then it is just a short hop to serial killer.

This encounter with the police should be used to it's fullest benefit by locking him up for as long as the law will allow for these crimes.

 

[tinytim]

As much as I hate cat.. this is still atrocious.

 

[OldRegular]

Many sociopaths start with animal cruelty and then it is just a short hop to serial killer.

You mean like an abortionist? From mutilating cats to mutilating babies.

 

[Alive in Christ]

"You mean like an abortionist? From mutilating cats to mutilating babies."

Sure. Others have posted that animal cruelty many times leads to human cruelty, with the ultimate outcome being legalized child extermination.

In our society the general secular view is that we are all related to the animals anyway. We all came from animals. Fish turned into birds who turned into horses who turned into apes who turned into us.

Its a complete fairy tale, but its the general view of most.

BUT...even if cruelty to animals NEVER EVER lead to cruelty to humans, they should STILL be prosecuted severly, simply because God cares very much for his animals and environment. The scriptures tell us He is aware of every sparrow that falls. The scriptures make clear that God expects us to CARE for His earth and environment...not rape it. And take CARE of His animals, rather than being cruel and sadistic to them.

(And no, I am not speaking eating meat, hunting for food, or hunting for sport. Those are of course fine)

 

[donnA]

how sick

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[BigBossman]

I think he is a serial murderer in the making. That's how some of the sickest psychos get their start is by torturing animals. Then they work their way to human beings.

 

[Agnus_Dei]

hmmmm...So what of Michael Vick? A serial killer in the making?

In XC
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[targus]

hmmmm...So what of Michael Vick? A serial killer in the making?

In XC
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Probably not. His was a case of abusing dogs for purposes of dog fighting.

The point being made is that many serial killers admit that they started out with torturing and killing animals.

No one is saying that everyone who tortures and kills animals goes on to killing people.

Just as many people who have skin cancer say that they spent a lot of time in the sun in their youth - but not everyone who spends a lot of time in the sun gets skin cancer.

And anyone with sense will tell you that if someone spends a lot of time in the sun they should be vigilant for skin cancer.

If a kid tortures and kills animals then that kids parents and the authorities should worry about him being/becoming a sociopath.

 

[Scarlett O.]

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"Murderers...very often start out by killing and torturing animals as kids," according to Robert K. Resler, who developed profiles of serial killers for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Studies have now convinced sociologists, lawmakers, and the courts that acts of cruelty toward animals deserve our attention. They can be the first sign of a violent pathology that includes humans.

The FBI has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in its computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists cruelty to animals as a diagnostic criterion for conduct disorders. Studies have shown that violent and aggressive criminals are more likely to have abused animals as children than criminals considered non-aggressive. A survey of psychiatric patients who had repeatedly tortured dogs and cats found all of them had high levels of aggression toward people as well, including one patient who had murdered a boy. To researchers, a fascination with cruelty to animals is a red flag in the lives of serial rapists and killers.

There is "a consensus of belief among psychologists...that cruelty to animals is one of the best examples of the continuity of psychological disturbances from childhood to adulthood. In short, a case for the prognostic value of childhood animal cruelty has been well documented," according to the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.