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  • A college student microwaves a frat brother's parrot
  • A couple of house-robbing teens microwave the owner's senegal parrot
  • Two teenagers attach an M-80 firecracker to a puppy's collar and explode it, killing him
  • Teenagers break into an animal shelter and beat numerous cats to death with bats; some locals excuse the behavior with phrases such as, "Boys will be boys."
  • 36 dogs disappear in Idaho, many found shot to death later
  • A man in Florida laughs as he repeatedly dunks his parrot's head in a Margarita in public, and then he gets off without even a fine
  • A veterinarian is convicted of animal cruelty after a technician catches him on tape hitting a cat

Are you sick of these stories?

You should be...even more so when you realize who else started by killing animals...

Robert Ramirez - The Night Stalker who terrorized Los Angeles
David Berkowitz - Son of Sam who killed couples parked in cars
Ed Kemper - The 6' 9" giant who killed his mother and female hitchhikers
John Wayne Gacy - The "Clown" who killed young boys
Henry Lee Lucas - reportedly has killed hundreds of people

And what about all those high school shootings?

In almost every case, the boys had bragged about mutilating or killing animals

Luke Woodham, age 16
Pearl, Mississippi  - October 1, 1997

Woodhman stabs his mother to death then goes to school, where he shoots and kills two classmates and wounds seven others. Police find his diary, in which he describes in detail how he tortured, burned, and killed his pet dog, Sparkle.

We must as a society start taking the torture, mutilating, and killing of our pets seriously!  These acts are definite predictors of future violence toward humans, including spousal abuse, rape, sexual homicide, and serial killing.

Links (Tools for Change)
Download Materials: First Strike Campaign at the Humane Society of the United States

State & Local Governments (contact info)

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