Pet killer in Calgary - $20,000 bounty

[lacktheknack]

"EDIT: At any rate, you're saying "Let's murder to stop murders", context be damned, and that's just indefensible from any decent standpoint."
So you're saying arrest him then give him the death penalty? Again, deep held emotional response that overrides any logic.

You'd have a point if A. I was a proponent of the death penalty (I'm not) and/or B. he would get the death penalty (Canada doesn't even have a death penalty, let alone for killing animals).

"If you're not going to properly address those, then we're going to have to agree to disagree (very vehemently). And I'm probably never going to take you seriously ever again in any topics involving animals or humans being killed."
You really shouldn't, you're not gonna get any logic on this topic from me, only emotion.

Oh.

Well, thanks for the warning/clarification.

 

[major_chaos]

I have met one or two of the kind of "person" who does this. They are disgusting, worthless pencildicks who need to hurt something weaker than them to feel empowered. They need to be dealt with harshly before they can no longer get off hurting animals and move on to humans. But they won't be dealt with, because the majority simply doesn't care. On the off chance this skiddmark gets caught he will get the lightest slap on the wrist imaginable and then go right back to being a disgusting waste of air. Also the people in this thread saying he deserves minimal punishment because "lol just animals" make me ill.

 

[lacktheknack]

I have met one or two of the kind of "person" who does this. They are disgusting, worthless pencildicks who need to hurt something weaker than them to feel empowered. They need to be dealt with harshly before they can no longer get off hurting animals and move on to humans. But they won't be dealt with, because the majority simply doesn't care. On the off chance this skiddmark gets caught he will get the lightest slap on the wrist imaginable and then go right back to being a disgusting waste of air. Also the people in this thread saying he deserves minimal punishment because "lol just animals" make me ill.

I imagine you're referring to me, seeing how no one has actually said that?

In case you are, I'm not saying he needs a light punishment. Heck, I'm actually inconsolably angry right now at how terribly lenient Canadian "justice" is. However, people saying that the man needs to be killed alarms me even more than I alarm you.

 

[Lono Shrugged]

Well, surely it's entirely possible to care about both, fellow human beings and animals alike? Within reason, of course.

Sorry, I thought I made that clear in the post. I do of course love animals and think there is little more disgusting than an animal being mistreated. As you said, perspective is needed. The idea of an animal being pure and a human being evil is a bit childish and simplistic.

 

[major_chaos]

I imagine you're referring to me, seeing how no one has actually said that?

In case you are, I'm not saying he needs a light punishment. Heck, I'm actually inconsolably angry right now at how terribly lenient Canadian "justice" is. However, people saying that the man needs to be killed alarms me even more than I alarm you.

I admit was I was interpreting that opinion out of peoples posts even though no one actually said that, and that may very well not be fair. But much like the other guy you were arguing with, I can't approach this with anything but raw emotion. In fact I actually had to have a couple drinks to calm myself down to the point where I'm not just pacing back and forth dreaming up all the ways I wan't to hurt this twisted freaking and hissing idle threats through my teeth, that's how mad animal torture makes me. I'm not going to claim its healthy, but its how my mind works.

 

[Horton986]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/husky-kitten-found-dead-muzzled-in-calgary-alley-1.2499280

Basically, two animals - a Husky pup and cat - have been found dead in Calgary this month, with tape over their muzzles, deliberately dehydrating/starving the animal.
The local vet clinic has put up a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Now, the good part - the internet has quickly gotten a hold of it, and added over fifteen thousand to that bounty:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/calgary-animal-abuse-fund

This is disgusting, of course, but this is an interesting story. Somebody with an apparently diseased mental state is deliberately causing these animals - housepets, no less - to suffer and die, and this is the first I've seen of such an incredible reward leading to arrest funded entirely by public donation, especially grown so quickly.
I'm wondering if it will result in much of a reaction in Calgary and nearby areas.

As someone who lives in Calgary, I can tell you that there is a huge reaction to this event, since most of donations are coming in from the citizens of City itself. We all want to see the person/people who did this caught.

 

[Headsprouter]

See? Humans aren't animals, we're monsters.

Well, I don't disagree, but I'd say humans are the only animal ever capable of being monsters, a difference between humans and animals is that animals are never malicious. Animals have an excuse for doing stupid crap, we don't, because we have such capacity for greatness.

I'd hate to think when I let my cat out in the evening this is what she might run into. This person needs to be put away. Killing the animal, sure, why not, that's pretty bad, but forcing them to starve? That's a new level of bad.

EDIT: Smart things are all assholes.

 

[Lono Shrugged]

I imagine you're referring to me, seeing how no one has actually said that?

In case you are, I'm not saying he needs a light punishment. Heck, I'm actually inconsolably angry right now at how terribly lenient Canadian "justice" is. However, people saying that the man needs to be killed alarms me even more than I alarm you.

He just feels powerless in his life and can relate to the animal on a selfish level. The fantasy of "killing" the guy is the usual internet thing of someone taking out their own life problems on something seemingly unrelated. Ever fantasize about foiling a bank robbery or mugging? Same principle. He sees himself as the animal and the guy as everyone who has ever wronged him. The whole "Humans are trash, the guy must die" routine is him trying to personalize his own frustration at the worlds meaningless injustice.

Don't take it to heart scary avatar man...

 

[Cpu46]

See? Humans aren't animals, we're monsters.

Not quite, Sadism seems to be the flip side of the coin to higher intelligence. Transient orcas have been known to kill and not eat porpoises despite the two species not sharing a food supply, they also suffocate sharks to death and eat their livers, only the livers though. Dolphins will violently rape other dolphins as well as other sea mammals. Many species of ape will kill other creatures as well as each other for what seems to be nothing more than the thrill of it.

 

[LegendaryVKickr]

Spoiler: Yes

No 2 which ways about it, this autistic and everyone like him deserve the worst mistreatments and torture. Remember the tosspot that put 2 kittens in a bag and vacuumed out all the air? Fed a live kitten to a large snake? Taped a cat to a mop and drowned it? Those eventually led to 1 lunatic 1 ice pick. The higher the bounty, the more attention. The more attention, the greater chance of getting caught. What I'd do to bastards like these is the primary reason I can't be allowed anywhere near them.

Seriously? Man, reword that...that's messed up. Autistic people don't typically abuse animals. Nor do people with autism deserve to be tortured.

OT: This could end badly, but I do hope that whoever is doing this gets caught and has to own up to the families whose pets he killed. I'm not familiar with the legalities of animal abuse up in Canada (anybody who can fill me in?) but I hope it's jail-time. Guys like this are sick.

 

[lacktheknack]

See? Humans aren't animals, we're monsters.

Well, I don't disagree, but I'd say humans are the only animal ever capable of being monsters, a difference between humans and animals is that animals are never malicious. Animals have an excuse for doing stupid crap, we don't, because we have such capacity for greatness.

Read the post two below yours.

EDIT: Forgot a word.

I don't know where all this "Animals Are Better Than Us" business came from, I really don't. Is it comforting on some level?

 

[Elvis Starburst]

Does anyone else think crowdfunded bounties are actually a pretty cool idea?

I think it's an awesome idea. Hell, let Bounty Hunters be like... a big thing. I'd love to see that. Could make for a fun career~ (I'm mostly into it cause I'm watching Cowboy Bebop for the first time. Damn good show)

 

[Headsprouter]

Read the post two below yours.

EDIT: Forgot a word.

I don't know where all this "Animals Are Better Than Us" business came from, I really don't. Is it comforting on some level?

Yeah...intelligence sucks in a way. Even so, I tend to protect dumb animals, more. Like sharks. When sharks leave you to die it's not because they want you to suffer, it's because you don't taste good.

And yeah, I read the post as it appeared in my inbox, referring me to the post directly below mine and I was like "wtf?"

The animals being better than us probably comes from the stupidest things being the sweetest or most endearing.

 

[fowleronce]

My hometown - makes me think that some "dangerous offender" got out of jail - Dustin Paxton would not be above this - human, family pet whatever.

Regardless, for those who think that a bunch of bleeding heart bunny lovers are all upset - I actually get when 1 human takes another out - for whatever, a difference of opinion, a fight, a grudge - but our friends in the animal kingdom - just like newborns - are innocents.

 

[nuttshell]

Oh! We got a new serial killer in the making! Where's Dexter, when you need him?

To all the guys who think there's nothing worse than animal torture and that all animals are much better than humans: did you ever watch a cat playing with a mouse or a gecko? Don't get me wrong, I still find this disgusting.

 

[fowleronce]

the difference is nature vs nurture - no cat watched a mouse starve over the period of a month

 

[IceForce]

This sick filth deserves everything they have coming to them, and more.

I feel ashamed to think I'm breathing the same air as this despicable being.

 

[nuttshell]

the difference is nature vs nurture - no cat watched a mouse starve over the period of a month

Yeah, I also know of people who didn't do that and I can hardly imagine them doing that in the future. Animals will be nice to you if they were brought up by a nice human. Did you ever face a wild dog or a dog whose owner wasn't exactly nice to him? I know, it is crazy what some humans are capable of and I think seeing other animals as pure and innocent is a bit untrue.