Teen who fed cat to gator could face five years in prison
 

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Sorry, but I laughed when I read this.
The kid is dumb, but jail time over a cat is even more retarded than the kid.
The cats owner needs to grow up.

The cat was 12 years old.. wouldn't have lived much longer anyway. All kids, especially me, do stupid things. I can't see trying him as an adult. He did break the law but let's face it, he's 14 and it was a cat not a human.

Uhhh...
Killing animals for fun by yourself - I'm pretty sure this is really high on the "future severe mental problems" scale.

The woman is probably overeacting - but the kid won't go away for five years. But he should get alot of community service and some serious counciling.

He's 14. He did a stupid childish thing. Above all else he should NOT be tried as a adult.

Slap him around, let him learn from this.

yeah, I laughed as well. :D

no laughter here, but if he's 14, I can't see him being tried as an adult.

community service for a year.

Gotta disagree with everyone. I'm not going to suggest that the cat's life is equal to a human life, but the laws are in place to prevent and hopefully discourage "a cruel death or an excessive infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering."

Being punched/kicked in the head and stomach and then fed to a gator is about as excessive and unnecessary as it gets. If some punk teenage kid did that to my cats, I'd teach the shit-turd meaning of excessive and unnecessary pain and suffering.

He's 14. He should know right from wrong. Let him pay.

ALL THAT FOR A CAT?!?!?!?!?!?

The kid should be congratulated for feeding a member of an endangered species :D

But seriously though, I think that the cat's owners are over reacting. I know a lot of kids who are cruel to animals. Here are some stories I've heard (and they are true):

- A cousin of mine almost fried a parrot in the microwave... He said the parrot was cold, and he was trying to warm it up :rolleyes:
- This kid I know used to kick his dog in the nuts whenever he saw it. OUCH!
- One of my friends used to tie a string to a chick's neck, and whirl it around in the air.
- Another of my friends once flushed a chick down the toilet.
- Yet another friend tied a chick to a helium-filled ballon and let it go.

Hmmm... come to think about it, I got some pretty sick friends :D

They just didnt know right from wrong back then...

At 14 right from wrong has been established.

I feel sorry for this kid, he already has got a bad start in life.

Let him learn from his actions and then maybe when he is 24 he won't be running around sliting people's throats for attention.

Fry the little fuck. Let's make an example of him so that others who do stupid things will think before they act. Think that's harsh. I don't.Besides, when he gets out of prison he'll have a university degree and probably a job lined up and will contribute to society. Hmmm.... not a bad way to get a free education.

Well, considering the limits of the legal punishment, I can't think of very many things worse that can be done to a cat so shouldn't he get the maximum punishment or at least close to it.
Hmmm... I can see why an animal's life would be worth as much as a human's, but I also can't see why it wouldn't be.

I'm shocked by the replies so far. This isn't "boys-will-be-boys" innocent child behavior. He beat someone's cat and then fed it to an alligator. That is deranged -- not normal. Though I don't think he should be in prison for five years for it, he should be in a psych ward until he's 18, then have mandatory counseling until he's 21.

First it's someone's cat, then it will be someone's child, and I would rather not be the person to explain to the child's parents that he had a history of disturbing behavior.

There is a pattern that is clearly established from interviews with sociopaths in prison.
It includes the 'experimenting' of killing pets.
There is much more involved in this then just the killing of a cat.
He knew how much the cat meant to the neighbor.
It was a way of testing the reactions of the cat owner as much as the thrill of killing.
Trying him as adult might be a bad way to go since he would be hanging out with some of the very people he emulates.
The suggestion of a psych ward and intensive therapy might work.
If it doesn't a very close eye needs to kept on this kid.

Yeah, I agree that close evaluation should be in order, but if this is a first offense then I'd let the kid off with a very stern warning, community service, and probation, not lock him up for five years.

Who knows? Maybe this could actually be a positive event in the kid's life

Christ! Now am pissed off twice over. First some little shit kills somebodies pet. Second people think its funny. I suppose some people don't understand how much some people love and cherish their pets.

BTW, it isn't uncommon for cats to live to be 20.

yeah im with you rs. i found nothing about this funny, only a horribly stupid kid who i think should be fed to an alligator. WHAT THE FUCK DID HE THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN HE PUT MEAT IN THE MOUTH OF A CARNIVORE?! america is fucked, we don't know how to raise kids. then you laugh about it! there is nothing funny here! i almost felt sorry for the kid when he was crying, but not sorry enough. fry him.

That wasn't very nice of him. To be honest I don't care what happens to this kid, If it were my cat I'm sure I'd like to see this bitch locked up for 5 years, my cat is worth more then a strangers future, even though he's a dumbass that runs between my feet when I'm walking to the bathroom late at night.

I don't see why the kid should be tried as an adult and locked up for 5 years. I do see why he should be watched and possibly kept in an institution for a couple years. Some of you are saying "fry him" or "I don't care what happens to the kid". The second is the biggest problem in my eyes. Obviously he hasn't been cared for alot in his life or this wouldn't have happened. When a person says fry him does that really solve anything? You kill a human for killing ONE cat. IMO, an animals life is NOT equal to a human life. I have pets and I love them deeply and I understand that it's hard to replace them. I would be terribly upset if something happened to my pets like this. I would however realize that the child needs help and sending him to prison is not the answer. If I had to choose between the life of a person whom I loved deeply or my pets that I love deeply I would choose the person. Send the kid to get some help and try to improve his life.. don't make it even worse.

i can see the cruelty to animals thing, and im sure it was tough for the owner, but i must admit, i too laughed....prolly another one of those kids who cant tell the differance between reality and make belive...he prolly thought it would be funny as hell, and didnt think about anything other then the humor aspect

This kind of behavior is disturbed to say the least. Chalking it up as 'kids will be kids' is burying your head in the sand and will not help this guy in the long run. redravin40 is correct about why some kids experiment with killing animals and why this shit should be taken seriously.
Lets see who's laughing in ten or twenty years after he's gone around and killed a bunch of women.

Sorry, I've got a 16 year old dog laying next to my chair right now. God help the little shit that tries to do ANYTHING to him; let's put it this way, the kid won't have to worry about being a father!

Yep. i agree 100%.

also agree with redravin40's post.

i don't understand how some of you find this all just 'amusing'.

Don't need to worry about crocodiles and alligators over here in blighty :)

Even the roughest of people don't beat the living crap out of animals, its more human to kill humans, or animals for food but to kill someone's pet out of curiosity. :/

If you even THINK of coming anywhere near my precious pussy cat, he will be feeding on your genitals for breakfast. Stay well away!

As for the whole, boys will be boys argument, I have to say that I managed to get through my childhood without feeding anyone's pet to an aligator.

And as for, "it was only a cat", some people can get very attached to their pets,especially children, and people who live alone.

I've got to agree with the people who think this is not cool, and not in the least bit amusing. I'm sure it's hard to understand the cat's owner's reaction to the kid doing this, maybe because some of y'all don't have pets.

I don't want to go into a sob story moment here, but well, what the hell.

I got to watch someone run over my cat on purpose when I was 7 years old, right in front of my house. I wasn't laughing. A few months later, someone killed my other cat, again, on purpose. I wasn't laughing then, either. Those cats meant a lot to me, and it's alright if you guys think that cats are stupid animals that don't feel anything, but there are some of us who think differently.

I'd like to see how you'd feel if you watched YOUR cat in the middle of the street crying in pain because her entire midsection's been crushed. Yeah. Laugh at that. I'll bet the assholes that killed my cats did.:rolleyes:

I fucking hate cats.

'S OK; they probably don't care for you either.:D

A disturbing about this story - the child is facing a felony offense. Kids will be kids, yada, yada, yada. So he knows how precious cats are from all of the precious time he is obviously spending w/his parents. Another thing - in SoFla the rules are very different. He may or may not face a judge.

Re: Teen who fed cat to gator could face five years in prison
 

You've never had a long-term pet, huh?

Agreed, but I would give him a month or whatever in juvie hall. Give him an idea of what real abuse is, and get him serious counseling. Animal abuse is a known precursor to adulthood ... issues.

Sure, just slap him on the wrist and set him free. Until he does it to your kid on his 18th b-day, then fry him. And he's in Florida, so they would.

It's not like he forced the gator to eat the cat :confused: its sort of a natural thing. Sure a little bit of punishment....wtf jailtime? not like he multilated it personally.

I really don't know what disturbs me more...that this budding little sociopath did what he did, or the fact that so many of you actually find it humerous. And yes, by the way, at 14 he most certainly does know right from wrong.

Lest face it, the kid obviously knew what he was doing, but 5 years in jail?... that´s simply stupid

Everyone knows how much I love cats.
I read this and I'm telling you that if some punk kid did that to one of my cats I'd want to feed HIM to the gator.



I totally agree with RedRavin40 on this. Hopefully the kid gets the help he needs.

edit, ok i was rong i read the statement from other then what i heard.. anyway the kid needs medical help and probably should get some community service for his actions.

i'm not a huge cat fan -- although, i woudlnt' want to see a gator eat one.. or would I...

food for thought.

That is disturbing. The cat never did anything to deserve that. I agree with Atropos4, feed the little fuck to the gator. Then yank him out... and give him something to think about next time.

well, thats different to say the least

I'm laughing my ass off right now. People think I'm an asshole because I laughed that a kid threw a cat at a gator. Some people want to throw the kid at a gator and somehow that's OK. HAHAHAHA! People are more important than animals. End of discussion. Jesus Christ, give the damn kid a break. Like we all didn't do stupid shit when we were kids.