http://www.mix100.ca/news_and_sports/news/Local/11/01/29/Vehicle-break-in-leads-to-tragic-dog-death
Vehicle break-in leads to tragic dog death
Excerpt from CJCD Online Post
“A 23-year-old Yellowknife man allegedly broke into a vehicle parked in the downtown area, and took the dog that was inside.”
Now just imagine this Chinese Pub puppy being beaten to death, it’s tiny body left at the scene. Imagine the mentality of the individual that would do something this horrible to a tiny and innocent life. Imagine reaching into that vehicle being GREETED by a bundle of enthusiastic energy, tail wagging and fussy to see someone, as all puppies are. Imagine the fear and terror this pup suffered as it was being punched and beaten until it died from blunt force trauma.
Picture the face of this sick individual who took pleasure in doing this to the puppy. Was this 23 year old smiling or was his face filled with rage? Maybe he was smiling on the inside. What was his reasoning behind such a violent act? Was it a relationship gone bad so he took revenge on this tiny soul? Was he high or drunk? If that is the case, will being under the influence of drugs or alcohol and promising to go to rehab result in yet another lenient sentence involving violence be handed out by the Justice system in the NWT?
What if that puppy had been a small child or an infant? Things would be much different right? There would be no question as to the repercussions of such actions. But hey, it was only a puppy after all, and there are so many puppies abandoned, discarded and thrown into trash bins in the NWT.
The Federal Criminal Code is quite clear, as are the consequences and charges to which this individual should face, but will he? Who knows, after all this is the North. Incidents such as this as well as domestic violence and other acts of violence meet with reduced sentences because the perpetrator was “under the influence” and would not have done the dirty deed otherwise. Of course time served while awaiting trial is also always a factor in reducing any sentence as well.
This is NOT an Act of Omission (Passive Cruelty), this is an ACT of Commission (Active Cruelty)
Excerpt from ABUSE.COM
“Active cruelty implies malicious intent, where a person has deliberately and intentionally caused harm to an animal, and is sometimes referred to as NAI (Non-Accidental Injury). Acts of intentional cruelty are often some of the most
disturbing and should be considered signs of serious psychological problems.”
“This type of behavior is often associated with sociopathic behavior and should be taken very seriously.”
With the Public Hearings on the new Dog Act for the NWT still going on, this is just one more statistic among many that proves beyond any doubt that the deadly loophole MUST be removed in its entirety from the new Act.
As many have said, ‘there is no place for animal cruelty in the North’. Add to that THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE that should EVER be taken into account by the Legal System in the NT when sentencing these offenders for crimes of animal cruelty and neglect or crimes of violence committed against people in the North.
The Link Between Animal Cruelty and Human Violence cannot be questioned. The NT has, as reports have shown, the highest rate of Domestic Violence and Violent Crimes per Capta than anywhere else in Canada.
18 Oct 2010 … Canada’s most violent region. Talk to people living in the North about why the violent crime rate is so high compared to the rest of Canada …
http://www.gateway.i2sf.org/c2_blog/…/canadas–most–violent–region/ – Cached
Your comments are most welcome.
I believe that anyone that deliberately causes pain and suffering to an animal, a child, or anyone irrespective of gender that does crime and violence against another should receive the feel of the lash.
When we took corporal punishment out of schools we wound up with thugs who shoot teachers, senators, cops, grandmothers….downtown Toronto has become worse than Dodge City during its gunslinger days….all because we have become too lax with criminals, delinquents, and animal abusers. A dose of their own medicine might just get things back under the control of law and order.
Tougher penalities and really heavy fines…..for those who are so contemptous of the rights of others.