Utah Teen Charged With Raping Dog in 'Unspeakable Ways'

[LawMan018]

IMHO, a crime that's even worse, is animal neglect.

The first job I had when I moved to Dallas (years ago), I was a city dogcatcher. I chased 'em in a truck for 6 months, then went to night shift (for the school schedule) when we killed all the unwanted animals with needles, drugs, and force.

That was, hands down, the worst job I've ever had, or ever seen. Every night, I had to take boxes of 2 week old puppies, and kill 'em. Needles in the abdomen. Judging from the way they writhed, it was not an easy way to go. And then there were the bigger dogs -- only about 1/3 went down easy; the rest suffered varying degrees of uncomfortable deaths. The tough ones, we had to stick the needle directly into the animal's heart. And they screamed.

A bigger crime than animal rape is the animal neglect that results in dogs and cats running loose, and dying slow painful deaths on the side of the road. Or the neglect that results in Poodles running loose with mange or distemper or worms, slowly wasting away.

You haven't seen anything until you've seen a 3 foot tall pile of freshly killed dogs and cats, that used to belong to somebody -- somebody who neglected those animals, who neglected to spay and neuter them, who failed to keep them on a leash, who failed to get them their shots, and worst of all, who abandoned their animal miles from home, out in the middle of nowhere.

Back in the 1970's, this city killed an average of 75 animals each night (more during the day, I dunno how many). Medical schools would get another dozen or so for experiments.

Ya, I've seen a lot of disgusting things; cruel, heartless, inhumane things done to dogs by their owners, that should get them far worse punishment than the 1 year in prison this idiot teenager might get for rape.

But which transgression gets media coverage? Which outrage against dogs gets the most attention, and which is never mentioned?

In the grand scheme of things, one kid's animal rape is nothing, compared with the hundreds of thousands of animal abuse that ends in their slow and anguished death.

JMHO . . . .

I'm getting off my soapbox now . . .

I would kill myself if I was forced to do that job. If I have one soft spot it's for animals, and man, just reading what you have to say about it is utterly disgusting... Sorry you did that...

[Tock]

I would kill myself if I was forced to do that job. If I have one soft spot it's for animals, and man, just reading what you have to say about it is utterly disgusting... Sorry you did that...

People used to give old Bob Barker (the old guy on "The Price Is Right") BS because he used to end his TV show with the phrase, "Get your pet spayed or neutered." If people actually did this, about half of what I had to do would be eliminated. The other half of the problem would be taken care of if people would just keep their animals on a leash, or inside, or somewhere where the dog wouldn't get run over or chewed up by a wild animal.

[Renesis]

People used to give old Bob Barker (the old guy on "The Price Is Right") BS because he used to end his TV show with the phrase, "Get your pet spayed or neutered." If people actually did this, about half of what I had to do would be eliminated. The other half of the problem would be taken care of if people would just keep their animals on a leash, or inside, or somewhere where the dog wouldn't get run over or chewed up by a wild animal.

I don't see why neutering the animal is so important, just take care of them and watch where they go. I have seen SOME BS about neutering like a sign at the Vets saying Dogs are happier when neutered? Oh crap I didn't know we could speak dog... or better yet how about I neuter you see how you feel after?

[Tock]

I don't see why neutering the animal is so important, just take care of them and watch where they go.

Some folks, like yourself, are smart enough and care enough to take care of their animals. But if you were to drive through Dallas, you'd see that most people are pretty stupid. They let their animals roam free, they get sick, injured, diseased, have litters of unwanted animals, and ultimately become a public health problem.

Last year, the Dallas animal shelter "disposed" of 27,000 unwanted animals. Had their parents been spayed/neutered, most of those executions would not have been necessary.

[Renesis]

Some folks, like yourself, are smart enough and care enough to take care of their animals. But if you were to drive through Dallas, you'd see that most people are pretty stupid. They let their animals roam free, they get sick, injured, diseased, have litters of unwanted animals, and ultimately become a public health problem.

Last year, the Dallas animal shelter "disposed" of 27,000 unwanted animals. Had their parents been spayed/neutered, most of those executions would not have been necessary.

Hmm I see your point about Dallas. I am over here in LI where that is almost never a problem due to the leash law. Or the fact that your animal will get its ass run over if you let it wander.

[Logan13]

I would kill myself if I was forced to do that job. If I have one soft spot it's for animals, and man, just reading what you have to say about it is utterly disgusting... Sorry you did that...

I too have a soft spot for animals. I could not even kill the racoon in my backyard who got it's back broken by my dog. I had to call the sheriff to come shoot it. So, I guess that I am a ***** when it comes to shit like that.