"Um, that's a real tough question to answer"

Unbelievable. :barf: :mad:

To summarize, the guy says:

I took a bunny home after I almost hit it with my car, but now that I'm going away to college I can't take care of it anymore. Therefore, it made sense to strap the bunny to explosives and toss it in a lake. :rolleyes: :mad:
 
AHHHHHH its so cute! I want a pet rabbit now! Does anyone know how much they cost, and how much the whole set up including cage food bedding etc would cost?
 
I enjoyed the comments at the end of the SF Gate article.

Lucky is recovering nicely at the East Bay home of a foster owner who didn't want it known where she lives because there were explosives involved in the case. Lucky is munching away on hay pellets and doing well, Williams said.

"She's actually in relatively good condition physically," Williams said. "She's even managed to retain her trust in people."
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Why not -- Lucky doesn't know what explosives do!

The other weird thing about it was -- the same kid went in to rescue her from drowning when the firecracker didn't go off. I guess his lifeguard training kicked in somehow.
 
Presumably, Lucky was a wild rabbit when he nearly ran her over in his car. Why not return her to the area she was first seen when he could no longer care for her? (Not that she'd asked him or anyone else to do so.)
 
Off topic, I know, but the only thing that's ever made me laugh out loud in a dentist's surgery was an item in Punch magazine. They used to print genuine adverts from small, local newspapers which were inadvertently funny.

As best I can recall, this item ran:

"Cat lost from home in Anytown. Male, ginger. Has only three legs. Blind in one eye. Part of left ear missing. Recently castrated. Answers to name Lucky..."

maximus otter
 
johnniet said:
I enjoyed the comments at the end of the SF Gate article.

Lucky is recovering nicely at the East Bay home of a foster owner who didn't want it known where she lives because there were explosives involved in the case. Lucky is munching away on hay pellets and doing well, Williams said.

"She's actually in relatively good condition physically," Williams said. "She's even managed to retain her trust in people."

Why not -- Lucky doesn't know what explosives do!
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I agree, the statements were a bit dramatic. Obviously, there are always going to be people projecting their feelings onto the abused animal. No the animal did not understand that it had explosives strapped to its back. All it knows is that it was tossed in a lake with something attached to its back, and it probably doesn't even remember that anymore. I don't think it's necessary to project our emotions to appreciate the fact that what they did was terrible.

The other weird thing about it was -- the same kid went in to rescue her from drowning when the firecracker didn't go off. I guess his lifeguard training kicked in somehow.
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I don't think it changes the fact that the jerk tried to blow the rabbit up in the first place. What he did took some degree of planning. He had plenty of time to change his mind. Like Esav said he could've just let it go. I'm glad to hear that these kids are getting some form of punishment even though it will be pretty minor.

Many years ago, I went to this guy's apartment with my friend. It was the first time I ever met the guy. As I was sitting in his apartment he suddenly threw something onto my lap. It turned out to be a cat's tail. It was readily apparent by looking at this tail that this scumbag actually "tore" the tail off of a cat. I was so young back then. My friend and I walked out making it known (like complete idiots) that we were calling the police. By the time the police got there, there was nothing they could do. Or maybe they just didn't want to do anything. We talked to a few people in the area and determined where the owner of the cat lived. She was a little, old lady. Apparently, she found the cat on her front steps bleeding to death. She rushed it to the vet and it needed an "extreme" amount of stitches. There are some really sick people out there. :rolleyes:
 
jsmatos said:
I don't think it changes the fact that the jerk tried to blow the rabbit up in the first place. What he did took some degree of planning. He had plenty of time to change his mind.
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Yeah, I agree with this. I am still puzzled by the guy's change in behavior. Is drowning worse than being blown up? (IMHO: yes, but I'm not sure that was a factor.)

As I was sitting in his apartment he suddenly threw something onto my lap. It turned out to be a cat's tail. It was readily apparent by looking at this tail that this scumbag actually "tore" the tail off of a cat.
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:barf:

Did the police ever talk to the old lady?
 
Maybe the kid should have an M80 tied to his behind?
I'm no PETA fan, but this kind of cruelty just shows a complete lack of character. I wonder what kind of biologist he'll turn out to be.
 
johnniet said:
Yeah, I agree with this. I am still puzzled by the guy's change in behavior. Is drowning worse than being blown up? (IMHO: yes, but I'm not sure that was a factor.)
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I was wondering why they lit up the firecracker and followed up by throwing the rabbit in the water. Maybe I don't know enough about fireworks. Anyhow, the only thing I could come up with was that maybe they thought they were feeding the fish? :confused: I imagine it's harder to watch something drown than watch it blow up, in that, the former takes longer. Maybe it's as simple as one of the onlookers yelling, "Don't let it drown." Who knows.

johnniet said:
Did the police ever talk to the old lady?
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All I can remember is telling the LEOs that the woman who owns the cat "lives right over there." I remember telling them that I would walk them over to her apartment. I know they declined. I don't remember if they promised to go over there later (which they probably did in order to shut me up) or not. It was a long time ago.

BTW, for the sake of accuracy, the jerks didn't tear off the entire tail. They started by cutting the tail off with a knife, apparently and understandably, the cat freaked out and tried to run which caused the remainder to be torn off. The area that was torn required the most extensive stitches. I still HATE that guy. :mad:
 
jsmatos said:
BTW, for the sake of accuracy, the jerks didn't tear off the entire tail. They started by cutting the tail off with a knife
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Accuracy is appreciated, but that is not a mitigating circumstance :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
Although the research tends to waver on the predictive validity of the following, it's still a rule of thumb in forensics for predicting future violent felonies:

1. Small animal torture
2. Bedwetting
3. Firestarting
 
"I think that a lot of people are judging us without knowing us at all," Sigmon said. "It's really bothering me."

:rolleyes:

I guess there are some folks around that don't have to know him to realize that anyone who would mistreat a child or an animal goes about as low as we can get as humans.
 
jsmatos said:
I was wondering why they lit up the firecracker and followed up by throwing the rabbit in the water. Maybe I don't know enough about fireworks. Anyhow, the only thing I could come up with was that maybe they thought they were feeding the fish? :confused: I imagine it's harder to watch something drown than watch it blow up, in that, the former takes longer. Maybe it's as simple as one of the onlookers yelling, "Don't let it drown." Who knows.
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You can buy waterproof fuzes.
 
Ya, I'm a pyromaniac and I love blowing stuff up too, but NOT live creatures. :barf:
 
Myopicmouse and F - 22 yeah, so am I, I regularly burn credit card statements, old bank statements, etc... anything with personal information on it, but that's about the extent of it. I don't think these bozos deserve to get off with a misdemeanor. The one kid likes biology, maybe they could let some med students dissect him for practice.
Lagarto
 
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