A man from Nazareth was sentenced to six months to a year in the county jail after pleading guilty to charges of cruelty to animals, criminal mischief, and unlawfully discharging a firearm. This was after he shot his own cat and then called 911 to report it according to today’s Morning Call, page 7.
If I have this correctly, if someone dumps a cat at our farm, and that cat attacks and kills an indigo bunting that has been feeding at our bird feeder, and I then shoot that cat, I can get up to a year in prison.
What is wrong with the criminal justice system in this country? It’s a CAT! I’ve heard people make fun of Hindus because they don’t kill cows, but evidently we have elevated one of the most common animals in the U.S. into protected status, a status we don’t give the declining indigo buntings or, for that matter, pigs, which are by almost any measure, far more intelligent than cats.
While I am on this rant, don’t you think there is something wrong with the guy from Nazareth? He says he thought his cat might be rabid after an encounter with a wild animal. That wouldn’t have happened if he had kept his cat inside.
Finally, the fact that the guy called 911 is an indication that there is something seriously wrong with the guy himself. The judge did order a mental health examination, but the article did not say whether those findings would reduce his sentence.
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