A New Low or High in Animal Abuse (Sematics)

San Antonio Dog: Duct taped and tortured

Space Bat

I still think this is sad, but the video is kind of cool

WTF is Wrong With Some People

Golden, Colorado:
I found this by accident looking for information on a happy story. A woman, who thank God has been arrested, didn't have anything better to do the other day than try to burned her dog Bobo to death. This monster tied her dog to a phone book with speaker wire and placed the phone book on an eye of her stove. A neighbor called police when she smelled smoke and heard yelping. Can I please punish Bobo's Owner? Please?

Badly Burned Yorkie Bobo Dies From Injuries
The 6-year-old Yorkshire terrier burned on a stove by its owner died early Thursday at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital, where he was being treated for burns over 50 percent of his body.

Bobo died of organ failure, said Dr. Elisa Mazzaferro, a veterinarian at the hospital.

Tanya Martin, 38, was arrested on suspicion of felony arson and cruelty to animals, according to Lakewood police.

She was formally charged Thursday and remains in the Jefferson County Detention Center on $10,000 bond.

Martin is accused of hog tying Bobo and placing him on a burning phone book on the stove in her Lakewood apartment. Bobo was discovered by police after a neighbor at the apartment complex smelled smoke and heard yelping about 9 a.m. Sunday.

Bobo's battles with his injuries garnered a great deal of public support and sympathy, Mazzaferro said.

"We were able to control his pain," she said. "He was comfortable throughout this."

Seven Year Old Killer

[Goanna-he survived while his mate didn't]

HT/Drudge

Crossposted: AwkenedbytheMoon & PaxParabellum

When employees arrived at Alice Springs Reptile Centre in the Northern Territory, Austrialia on Wednesday morning, they first thought that 13 animals had escaped. The remains of the 13 were found in the pen of Terry, a 11 foot salt-water crocodile. Terry had been eating his fellow creatures. The Croc had help with his feast. Footage from security cameras revealed the horrible truth. A seven year old boy had climbed the fence, and in 35 minutes, he beat 13 large reptiles to death before feeding them to Terry:

[Among the dead were a turtle, 2 bearded dragon lizards], [4]thorny devils [lizards]and [5] western blue-tongue lizards, which are rare in captivity. Another victim was a 3ft goanna, a variety of monitor lizard and one of the zoo’s favourites.

Rex Neindorf, the zoo’s director, said that many of the animals were rare or mature and would be difficult to replace.

“It’s absolutely devastating for us - we’re just horrified,” Mr Neindorf told The Times yesterday. “The goanna was 20 years old - she was an absolute doll.”

He said that the boy, whose face was expressionless during the killing spree, had “clammed up” when questioned by police. He had climbed over a second fence to get a closer look at Terry and his victims. “He was lucky because if he got in there with the goanna, she would have torn him to pieces.”

Police questioned the boy but, because of his age, were unable to do anything: children under the age of 10 are not liable for criminal offences. However, the zoo is considering legal action against his parents.

Mr Neindorf said: “I thought for the sheer consequences of what he did that there would have to be some severe punishment, but they can’t do anything. We’re going to see what we can do - maybe try and sue the family in the civil court. We’ll look down that avenue.”

He said that the boy’s brother was part of a group that attacked Terry the crocodile about five years ago. Children often tried to throw rocks at the animal enclosures from a nearby hill, but this was by far the worst incident in the eight-year history of the zoo.

Mr Neindorf said: “We’re horrified that anyone could do this, and saddened by the age of the child. He will just get worse and worse and worse - by the time he’s 10 he will be a hardened criminal.”

The Alice Springs Reptile Centre has 200 animals on display, including perentie goannas, frill-necked lizards, pythons, taipans, death adders and, of course, Terry.

A spokeswoman for the Northern Territory police said that they had identified the boy from the CCTV footage. They had cautioned him and spoken to his mother about the incident

I just don't understand what would make a child want to kill all those animals, or anybody else for that matter. There are those who say that a child that young doesn't understand what he is doing. However, cruelty to animals can indicate a lack of empathy for others, and eventually, this child could start hurting humans while continuing to hurt animals too. The sociopath has no conscience. He cannot relate to the guilt most of us feel when we have done something hooribly wrong. 

Another Source adds:

The [security]footage shows the barefoot boy, wearing shorts and a T-shirt, climbing over the zoo's fence on Wednesday morning, evading sensor alarms possibly because of his size. He is seen throwing live lizards into the crocodile's enclosure, bashing others to death with a rock, and smashing a turtle the size of a dinner plate on a concrete pathway.

He then jumps into the goanna pit and is next seen dragging a dead goanna towards the crocodile pen, which is protected by two fences. The goanna's mate survived. The 13 animals killed were worth about $7,000 (£3,000).